Word: clinics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...calls himself a "square" medically. What he means by that, he says, is that despite enjoying the oil-smooth administrative functions of a clinic, he sees the role of the physician from two definitely classical models...
Blevins, too, disagrees about the impersonality of the clinic structure. "I think physicians are beginning to realize that they can't serve patients and live their own lives as well in private practice. Here you have clearly defined responsibilities and time for yourself," she said...
...said that the "time for yourself" was important enough to offset the financial disadvantages that clinic work has. No clinic can hope to match the $50,000-$75,000 salaries that this decade's medical school students are apparently sniffing out. "I'm making less," Blevins said, "but I might have had to work all hours...
Efficiency in diagnosis was another reason Blevins gave for choosing clinic work. "The resources available to me are amazing. And if I have a problem all I do is pick up the phone and find someone who knows more about the situation," she said...
Other philosophical questions are highlighted by the clinic situation. The patient's right to know what is happening to him becomes more important where future history-taking by different doctors may depend on what the patient knows about what has been done in the past. Both Blevins and Eppinger agreed strongly that the patient has every right to know about his disease and his treatment...