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The Doctor's Master
Abstract
There is increasing pressure on doctors to serve two masters. Physicians in practice are being enjoined to consider society's needs as well as each patient's needs in deciding what type and amount of medical care to deliver. Not surprisingly, many government leaders and health planners take this position. More remarkably, important elements of the medical profession are promoting this view.I would argue the contrary, that physicians are required to do everything that they believe may benefit each patient without regard to costs or other societal considerations. In caring for an individual patient, the doctor must act solely as that . . .
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- Authors
- Levinsky, N. G.
- Venue
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 1984-12-13
- Volume
- 311
- Issue
- 24
- Pages
- 1573-1575
- ISSN
- 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-4406
- OpenAlex
- W2084462793
- Cited by
- 259
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 23.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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