title: The last resort: regulation by law.
abstract: Within the health professions the diminished constraint of conscience and custom upon aggrandizement, acquisitiveness, and exploitation has given rise to the increased role of the government in regulating health care delivery. This situation will continue to exist in direct proportion to the public's convictions that the private sector is incapable of satisfying public expectations. Conversely, when the health care profession, as a whole, recommits itself to a sense of stewardship and accountability to patients and the community, the present system of regulation will pass.
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control; D006801:Humans; D011640:Public Policy; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States