Generalist Medicine and the U.S. Health System

Generalist Medicine and the U.S. Health System
ISBN-10
0787976563
ISBN-13
9780787976569
Category
Medical
Pages
704
Language
English
Published
2004-03-29
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Authors
Stephen L. Isaacs, James R. Knickman

Description

This comprehensive resource illuminates the past, present, andfuture of generalist medicine. Generalist Medicine and U.S.Health Policy contains new contributions from preeminentauthorities and a selection of groundbreaking articles and reportsfrom the past forty years. Generalist Medicine and U.S. HealthPolicy covers a broad range of topics that · Examines the current challenges of primary care andgeneralist medicine · Offers a chronological history of the growth ofgeneralist medicine since the 1950s · Reviews the models of care on which generalistmedicine is based · Analyzes the growth of threedisciplines¾general internists, family physicians, andpediatricians · Looks at the supply and distribution of generalistphysicians · Discusses the education and training of generalistphysicians · Reports on the cost and quality of the careprovided by generalist versus specialists

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