The good doctor : what patients want / by Ron Paterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paterson, Ron, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physician and patient.

Physicians.

Medical care--Quality control.

Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Place of Publication:

Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What makes a good doctor? Are there bad doctors out there ? and if so how do we protect patients from them? Can we inject more information, more trust and more assured competence into the medical system to solve these problems? Drawing on his years of dealing with patient concerns, Ron Paterson tackles these important questions. The book makes challenging arguments: that patients don't demand the sort of information about doctors that they should; that doctors who feel put upon by information overload, patient demands, complaints and growing requirements from employers, colleges, medical

Contents:

part 1. The good doctor: the ideal

part 2. Problem doctors: part of the reality

part 3. The roadblocks: why is change so difficult

part 4. Prescription for change: what can we improve?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-197) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-77558-647-2

1-86940-759-8

OCLC:

863822561