In Their Own Words
12,000 Physicians Reveal Their Thoughts On Medical Practice in America
Published on 18. February 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
156 pages
978-1-60037-730-3 (ISBN)
Description
In Their Own Words invites you to become "doctor for a day" and see medical practice from the physicians' perspective. Drawing on one of the largest physician surveys ever undertaken, "In Their Own Words" offers insights from hundreds of doctors, who reveal in candid comments exactly how they feel about being physicians and why it matters to patients.
Read why:
* Close to half of all doctors plan to opt out of medical practice in the next one to three years, or reduce the number of patients they see.
* Many physicians are compelled to close their practices to Medicare and other patients
* Health reform could reduce access to physicians
* Most physicians would not recommend medicine as a career
* Many physicians say they are strained to the breaking point
A wake up call for policy makers and the public, "In Their Own Words" reveals why what doctors think about the practice of medicine matters to anyone who cares about the quality and availability of healthcare in America today. If you have ever been a patient or are ever likely to be one, read In Their Own Words.
Read why:
* Close to half of all doctors plan to opt out of medical practice in the next one to three years, or reduce the number of patients they see.
* Many physicians are compelled to close their practices to Medicare and other patients
* Health reform could reduce access to physicians
* Most physicians would not recommend medicine as a career
* Many physicians say they are strained to the breaking point
A wake up call for policy makers and the public, "In Their Own Words" reveals why what doctors think about the practice of medicine matters to anyone who cares about the quality and availability of healthcare in America today. If you have ever been a patient or are ever likely to be one, read In Their Own Words.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
206 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60037-730-3 (9781600377303)
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In Their Own Words
12,000 Physicians Reveal Their Thoughts On Medical Practice in America
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Persons
Phillip Miller serves as Vice President of Communications for Merritt Hawkins & Associates, the largest physician search and consulting firm in the United States and an AMN Healthcare company. AMN Healthcare is the nation's largest healthcare staffing organization. Mr. Miller has over 20 years of corporate communications and public relations experience and has been cited on healthcare staffing issues in U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, People, USA Today and many other news outlets. Mr. Miller has authored numerous articles on healthcare staffing and is co-author of three books on physician staffing and supply, including Will the Last Physician in America Please Turn Off the Lights? A Look at America's Looming Physician Shortage; Merritt Hawkins & Associates' Guide to Physician Recruiting, and Have Stethoscope, Will Travel: Staff Care's Guide to Locum Tenens.