The Ethics of Direct Primary Care

Primary care research ethics.

Research activity in primary care is increasing rapidly, and raises a range of specific ethical issues. Many of these relate to the involvement of individuals in the community who are not seeking medical care and to the impact of research participation on relationships between general practitioners and their patients. The ethical issues pertinent to a range of quantitative and qualitative resea...

Primary care ethics

Primary Care Ethics is one of those books that healthcare professionals will share with their colleagues because it brings together a range of experiences that are often discussed informally with their peers, but rarely addressed in clinical training. It is not intended as a textbook of medical ethics, but rather a series of essays that are insightful, thought provoking, and informative in rais...

Ethics of evidence based medicine in the primary care setting.

Evidence based medicine has had an increasing impact on primary care over the last few years. In the UK it has influenced the development of guidelines and quality standards for clinical practice and the allocation of resources for drug treatments and other interventions. It has informed the thinking around patient involvement in decision making with the concept of evidence based patient choice...

Ethics and the Practice of Primary Care Psychiatry

Direct Primary Care: Concierge Care For The Masses.