September 23, 2009 • 2:32 pm
In this issue, Linzer and colleagues found that family practitioners and general internists report high levels of unhappiness about time pressures and practice pace, little sense of control over work conditions, and deficient organizational culture. Primary care as an indispensable set of functions will persist in one form or another; the challenge is to organize it as part of an integrated system that serves the needs of both patients and physicians, enhances quality, and keeps costs within reasonable limits.
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Filed under: 1. US, Research
Last month, a physician who serves as an ethics consultant told me about a growing concern in her hospital. Doctors and nurses “feel trapped,” she said, by the competing demands of administrators, insurance companies, lawyers, patients’ families and even one another. “And they are forced to compromise on what they believe is right for patients.” Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: 3. Bioethics, 4. Medical Life
January 26, 2009 • 10:37 pm
When the sun goes down in Las Vegas, steer clear of doctors.
Those are the marching orders that Smith & Nephew, a leading maker of artificial hips and knees, has given executives and sales representatives attending a big meeting of orthopedic surgeons next month.
The company has told them to limit their interactions with doctors to 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the “business” hours of the convention of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: 3. Bioethics, Research Ethics
November 29, 2008 • 8:07 pm
The difference between what drug companies tell the government and doctors suggests that they’re cooking the books, which could mislead doctors making prescriptions. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Research Ethics , drug companies, Research
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