Greed and the medical profession.
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چکیده
O rganised medicine is not giving proper attention to the disturbing presence in the profession of a universal human trait: greed. Perhaps doctors' greed is less of a problem in Britain where an estimated 70% of the doctors are generalists, and reimbursement in the main is controlled by the national health system. Not so in the United States where 70% of doctors are specialists and an open health care market allows doctors to charge "reasonable and customary" fees. This is interpreted by some as "all the traffic will bear." Despite considerable evidence at the other end of the generosity scale that 64% of US
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 306 6870 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1993