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Medical Education and Societal Expectations: Conflicts at the Clinical Interface.
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Janeway, Richard – Journal of Medical Education, 1986
Three factors that will have major effects on the medical cost quality debate are: industrial and governmental policy in regard to health-related expenditures, an aging population, and societal attitudes towards competition in the health care system. Approaches to conflict resolution are offered. (MLW)
Descriptors: Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Costs, Expectation
Will Americans Accept a Cheaper, Socialized Form of Health Care Delivery of Services Provided by School Nurse Practitioners over the More Expensive, Capitalistic Delivery of Services Provided by Private, Free-for-Service Physicians?
Kester, Donald Leslee; Simpson, Linda Ann Underwood – 1982
In California, school districts are categorized as public health screening centers and are required to have school doctors or school nurse practitioners provide complete physical examination services. A survey was conducted in a school district with an enrollment of about 12,000 students to determine parental attitudes toward this service, and…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Insurance
Factors Influencing Medical Students to Choose Primary Care or Non-primary Care Specialties.
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Rogers, Laura Q.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1990
A questionnaire was administered to 339 graduating senior medical students at the Medical College of Georgia to determine different potential sources of influence on career choice. Indebtedness may be associated with the choice of a non-primary care specialty with greater remuneration than primary care specialty. (MLW)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Costs, Debt (Financial), Decision Making