Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-71) and index.
Contents
Anthropological influences and resultant lifestyle issues -- Cross-cultural comparisons -- Treatment of the psyche versus organic disease -- Patient assessments of the quality of practice -- Physician assessments of good practice -- Motivators, stressors, job satisfaction, and personal qualities of a good physician -- Economic assessments of the quality of health care -- Policy implications for medical education, care of the physician, and health service management -- Selection and training of medical students -- Monitoring and maintenance of personal health -- Medical doctors in the focus of attention and of contradictory interests in health care.
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