title: The new physician role as employee.
abstract: Rapid and ongoing changes in the way in which medicine is practiced and health care services delivered have made employees of physicians who were once the very definition of entrepreneurs. If this new role is difficult for physicians, it is doubly difficult for those who must manage such employees. To be effective managers of other physicians, physician executives must be aware of the historical and sociological basis of the physician profession.
mesh_terms: D004651:Employment; D010559:Personnel Management; D010819:Physician's Role; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000639:trends*; D012380:Role; D014481:United States