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For centuries the medical profession has valued service above reward. [...]recently, the doctor-patient relationship (a relationship between two human beings) has been sacred and inviolable. In a fast-moving market driven environment that merely counts numbers and relative value units "physicia...

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Published in:Missouri medicine 2020-11, Vol.117 (6), p.515-517
Main Authors: Boysen, Philip G, Zhang, Ly
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:For centuries the medical profession has valued service above reward. [...]recently, the doctor-patient relationship (a relationship between two human beings) has been sacred and inviolable. In a fast-moving market driven environment that merely counts numbers and relative value units "physician autonomy at times appears to be more aligned with ... increasing physician revenue (such that) social justice may be decreased. The Goldfarb Supreme Court decision reduced medicine (physicians) and law (attorneys) from a profession to a business and as "ordinary purveyors of commerce" no different from any other business. The managed care organizational focus is to provide the least qualified and credentialed person to deliver care without reduction in cash flow to the organization, and with no regard for patient safety.
ISSN:0026-6620