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Applied Physician Crisis: Why Physicians Are Leaving Medicine, Why You Should Stay, and How To Be Happy

Description:

This book is the first volume to individually dissect and explore the reasons physicians are leaving medicine. It lays out potential solutions to many of the problems, which will result in a happier practicing physician.

Chapters begin with the nature of the problem, and go through a physician’s life cycle on the job, from medical school through post-grad and onwards. Chapters will also cover issues as a practicing physician and how to help alleviate these problems. The book ends with potential solutions to the issue of physician burnout.

Physician Burnout: Why Doctors Are Leaving Medicine and How to Fix It is a must-have resource for practicing physicians, healthcare providers, and healthcare management. It is also a great resource for medical school students and those looking to get into the healthcare field.

Introduction


John M. is an unemployed mechanic who presented to the Emergency Room with a scratchy left eye. The “scratch” was a corneal ulcer that was caused by an amoeba. The treatment, a $300 per month eye drop. John’s answer—“I’m glad I have the other eye.” John’s Medicaid doesn’t pay for the medication. But when the infection progresses, and his eye becomes blind and painful, they will pay to have it removed.


Lois R. presented with vitreous inflammation of the eye. Reticulum Cell Sarcoma was suspected. Her Primary Care Physician (PCP) refused to order an MRI because he never heard of the condition. Despite multiple telephone calls and faxed information, he refused to order the test. Six months later, she presented to the emergency room with a convulsion and subsequently died of reticulum cell sarcoma. The patient was on an HMO and her PCP receives a financial bonus by “containing expenses.” Linda Peeno, M.D., was a medical reviewer for Humana and Medical Director at Blue Cross/Blue Shield Health Plans. On May 30, 1996, she testified before Congress that HMOs drive profits through denial of care.
She said: “I wish to begin by making a public confession: In the spring of 1987, as a physician, I caused the death of a man. Although this was known to many people, I have not been taken before any court of law or called to account for this in any professional or public forum. In fact, just the opposite occurred: I was ‘rewarded’ for this. It bought me an improved reputation in my job, and contributed to my advancement afterwards. Not only did I demonstrate I could indeed do what was expected of me, I exemplified the ‘good’ company doctor: I saved a half million dollars.
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Title: Applied Physician Crisis: Why Physicians Are Leaving Medicine, Why You Should Stay, and How To Be Happy
Author: Jeffrey N. Weiss
Publisher:Jones & Bartlett Learning
Year: 2023
Edition: Edition
Language: English
Pages: 109
Ebook: PDF
File size: 3 MB
ISBN Number: 3031279786, 9783031279782
CBID: CBM360

Physician Crisis