Lay-professional conflict in a Canadian community health center: a case report.
Early in 1974, the entire medical staff resigned from the Regina Community Clinic over a dispute with the lay board of directors. The turbulent history of this pioneer consumer-sponsored clinic is reviewed and documented. The affair provides a case study in the conflict between the traditional professional dominance of doctors and the demand of consumers for a role in decision-making in areas of health care delivery.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003153:Community Health Services; D003256:Community Participation; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004470:Economics, Medical; D005380:Financing, Government; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D010820:Physicians; D011057:Politics; D012525:Saskatchewan; D012930:Social Dominance; D012955:Societies, Medical