The future of the doctor-patient relationship in a world of managed care.
Today, the doctor-patient relationship is strictly linked with the larger context of the medical profession and the managed care revolution. This article focuses on three important questions: 1. In the U.S., how did we arrive at the current situation where the DPR is under sustained assault and is now being used increasingly as a mechanism of cost control? 2. What approaches will be used in the managed care setting to limit and control the decision-making freedom of patients and doctors within the doctor-patient relationship? 3. Will the doctor-patient relationship, as we know it, survive the managed care revolution?
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MacLean Center for clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, IL.
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