Examining doctors - Donald Gould

The nature of medical practice in Britain has chabged dramatically in the past few years. Doctors are now involved in medical research, political lobbying, financial and resource management, population screening, health promotion and counselling as well as more traditional roles of treating patients. This book looks at the role of doctors in the 1990s.;The author has interviewed a range of doctors, from a junior house officer to the President of the BMA, an inner city GP, David Owen, Wendy Savage, a medical student, a heart surgeon, the head of the office of Health Economists and the editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics. Their views are combined with the author's own insights to give a broad view of the way medicine is and should be practised.;Subjects covered include public health, the value of screening, the costs and benefits of organ transplant, junior health doctor's working hours, medical education, merit awards, the role of nurses and a host of others. This book is designed to be of interst to anyone involved in the health care industry either as a professional or as a patient.