With the malpractice suit reaching the height of fashion for American surgeons, the author presents a sardonic inside view of the disturbed physician-patient-lawyer relationship.
With the malpractice suit reaching the height of fashion for American surgeons, the author presents a sardonic inside view of the disturbed physician-patient-lawyer relationship.
Prepaid psychiatric practice offers a number of cost-effective approaches to treating approximately 90% of the world's population. After reviewing the goal of prepaid psychiatry--to provide high quality medical care to a defined population at an affordable price--the author presents an overview of the fundamental components of this type of service delivery.
Although during recent years many organ procurement limitations have been surmounted, there are still not enough available organs for those who need them. After reviewing the recent changes in the organ procurement system, the author discusses two problem areas--donor referrals and organ revocations--and how residents can use their unique position in the health care system to increase the supply of transplantable organs.
As you well know, patient information must be collected, recorded, and communicated to attendings and other house staff on a daily basis. This tedious process can be improved with the use of a computerized data base. In this article, the authors discuss the ease with which this data base can be implemented and its various advantages.