| Practice Under Pressure: Primary Care Physicians and Their Medicine in the Twenty-First Century None Edition Contributor(s): Hoff, Timothy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813546761 ISBN-13: 9780813546766 Publisher: Rutgers University Press OUR PRICE: $39.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2009 Annotation: Through ninety-five in-depth interviews with primary care physicians (PCPs) working in different settings, as well as medical students and residents, "Practice Under Pressure" provides rich insight into the everyday lives of generalist physicians in the early twenty-first centuryatheir work, stresses, hopes, expectations, and values. Timothy Hoff supports this dialogue with secondary data, statistics, and in-depth comparisons that capture the changing face of primary care medicinealarger numbers of younger, female, and foreignborn physicians. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Medical | Family & General Practice - Medical | Practice Management & Reimbursement |
| Dewey: 362.1 |
| LCCN: 2009006058 |
| Series: Critical Issues in Health and Medicine (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 7.24" W x 8.85" (0.85 lbs) 235 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Why a book on primary care? "aBecause, a" according to Timothy Hoff, "athere is no other part of the health care system that is in greater trouble right now, and no other part that plays such an important role in peopleas lives. Primary care always receives less attention than sexier specialty counterparts like surgery and emergency medicine.a" Through ninety-five in-depth interviews with primary care physicians (PCPs) working in different settings, as well as medical students and residents, "Practice Under Pressure" provides rich insight into the everyday lives of generalist physicians in the early twentyfirst centuryatheir work, stresses, hopes, expectations, and values. Hoff supports this dialogue with secondary data, statistics, and in-depth comparisons that capture the changing face of primary care medicinealarger numbers of younger, female, and foreignborn physicians. Primary care doctors may not deal with acute life-and-death situations on a minute-byminute or daily basis; their va |