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- Title
The Ethical Role of the Consultant.
- Authors
Weeks, William B.; Nelson, William A.
- Abstract
In the United States, physicians are Increasingly functioning In the consultative role. This change in role Is undoubtedly a result of a surge in the numbers of specialists, the relative decreasing number of primary care physicians, and the emergence of tertiary care centers as primary treatment providers. This change In the style of practicing medicine has led to role confusion In attending physician-patient-consultant relationships.
- Publication
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 1993, Vol 2, Issue 4, p477
- ISSN
0963-1801
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0963180100004515