The politics of a catastrophe -- Impatience and the need to be macho -- The trap of over-specialization -- When no one is in command -- When patients become consumers -- A tale of two offices -- When doctors lose control of their own personalities -- When doctors lose control of their own rules -- The problem of going part-time and when to retire -- I come full circle -- What is a doctor?.
Summary:
"Unnecessary death rarely happens at the hands of doctors, but it does happen. Sometimes the cause is medical error. But sometimes the cause is politics. The issues underlying many medical catastrophes are numerous: a power struggle between providers, uncertainty over who’s in charge, reluctance to practice good medicine for fear of being fired, specialization run amok, part-time doctoring, and more. Doctors often prefer to ignore the problems, but patient safety demands that they be aired, as does the future of the medical profession."--Dust jacket flap.
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