Health care: for patients or for profits?
Abstract
The author contends that the medical-industrial complex has come to dominate a substantial and growing segment of the health care "market." This complex is characterized by its ability to charge and collect for services, pass through its capital costs, and skim off profitable patients--and, at the same time, to shun its proportionate responsibility for the medically indigent, for the costs of medical education and research, and for meeting community needs. He concludes that physicians have an ethical imperative to join in a broad public coalition to protect equity and quality in medical care.
Access content
To read the fulltext, please use one of the options below to sign in or purchase access.- Personal login
- Institutional Login
- Sign in via OpenAthens
- Register for access
-
Please login/register if you wish to pair your device and check access availability.
Not a subscriber?
PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5 library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development.
Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.).
