Role of the primary care physician in occupational and environmental medicine / Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health--United States.

Environmental health.

Medicine, Industrial--United States.

Medicine, Industrial.

Physicians (General practice)--United States.

Physicians (General practice).

Public health--United States.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (111 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Role of the Primary Care Physician in Occupational and Environmental Medicine""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Executive Summary""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEM""; ""PROBLEMS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION""; ""CONSTRAINTS AFFECTING PRACTICING PHYSICIANS' ATTITUDES""; ""GOALS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE""; ""PRINCIPAL RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Recommendations to Foster the Role of Primary Care Physicians in Present-day Patient Care Activities""; ""Recommended Interventions in the Health Care System to Foster the Role of the Primary Care Physician""

""Recommendations Related to the Education of Future Physicians""""GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""CHAPTER 1 Introduction: The Nature of the Study""; ""TARGET AUDIENCE AND FOCUS OF CONCERN""; ""CHAPTER 2 The Cause for Concern: An Analysis of the Problem""; ""INCIDENCE OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE""; ""EVIDENCE OF NEED AND LESS THAN OPTIMAL PHYSICIAN PARTICIPATION""; ""CHANGING SCENE OF MEDICAL CARE""; ""INADEQUATE EDUCATION""; ""LACK OF MEDICAL SCHOOL FACULTY""; ""PRACTICING PHYSICIANS' ATTITUDES TOWARD HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION""; ""PROBLEMS IN PRACTICE""

""Low-Frequency Events""""Time Constraints""; ""Lack of Support""; ""Limited Relationship with Health Departments""; ""ECONOMIC ISSUES""; ""Impact of Level of Reimbursement""; ""Payment Delays and Nonpayment""; ""Paperwork""; ""Nonpayment for Prevention""; ""LEGAL ISSUES""; ""ETHICAL ISSUES""; ""FRAGMENTED AGENCY RESPONSIBILITY""; ""CHAPTER 3 Goals and Interventions for Clinical Practice""; ""INTERVENTIONS""; ""THE MICROENVIRONMENT OF PRIMARY CARE OFFICE PRACTICE""; ""INFORMATION: WHAT IS NEEDED?""; ""INFORMATION: HOW TO PROVIDE IT?""; ""A Single-Access Information Center""

""Practice-based Information Resources""""Data Bases""; ""Record Systems""; ""Enhanced Clinical Consultative Resources""; ""Enhanced Consultative Services""; ""Public Health Agency Information and Support Systems""; ""Continuing Medical Education""; ""THE MACROENVIRONMENT OF MEDICAL PRACTICE""; ""System Interventions""; ""Economic Interventions""; ""Legal Interventions""; ""Ethical Interventions""; ""Professional Interventions""; ""Patient Demand Interventions""; ""CHAPTER 4 Recommended Interventions in the Education of Future Physicians""

""EDUCATION OBJECTIVES FOR UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION""""EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION""; ""Internal Medicine and Family Practice""; ""BARRIERS TO TEACHING OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE""; ""Undergraduate Medical Education""; ""Graduate Medical Education""; ""INCENTIVES FOR TEACHING OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE""; ""INTERVENTION STRATEGIES""; ""Faculty Training""; ""Research Opportunities in Environmental and Occupational Medicine""; ""Intervention Strategies Specific to Undergraduate Medical Education""

""Intervention Strategies Specific to Graduate Education""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-309-58280-6