The trouble with medicine : preserving the trust between patients and doctors
This study examines the changes in medical practice, such as the effects of entrepreneurial medicine, pharmaceutical and other overservicing, and the potential for incompetence, misconduct, abuse and fraud. The author also suggests ways forward for patients, health professionals and policy-makers.
Print Book, English, 1998
Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards, N.S.W., 1998
224 pages ; 22 cm
9781864484717, 1864484713
316441621
ContentsAcknowledgementsPart 1--Medicine today1 Why is medicine in trouble?2 Conflicts of interestPart 2--Troublespots3 The business of medicine4 Sexual misconduct5 Scientific misconduct6 Doctors and their drugs7 Transmission of infections8 The incompetent doctorPart 3--Where to go from here?9 How patients are protected now10 What can we do?NotesSelected further readingIndex