To Choose, not just to Consent
(Part 4 of Stateside Healthcare: Art, Science, or Commerce?) Patient awareness of diseases is high in the US. The typical source of information is the internet. This poses an interesting scenario to the physician: on one hand, his/her patient is highly aware of what to report and may later on have a higher compliance rate; [...]
Allied Forces
(Part 3 of Stateside Healthcare: Art, Science, and Commerce?) During observation duty, it was noted that the healthcare system in the US maximizes staff members by getting them to work to the “top of their license”, as was described in an American College of Physicians publication . It is asserted there that “all office staff [...]
Family Practice
(Part 3 of Stateside Healthcare: Art, Science, and Commerce?) As one of the primary care fields, Family Practice (FP) has an important place in the healthcare delivery system. Its versatility of being able to diagnose and treat conditions classifiable under various specialties (seen during the elective rotation were cases falling under orthopedics, psychiatry, gynecology, internal [...]
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