Getting Better Health Care – The Physicians’ Declaration of Independence
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The U.S. medical system is characterized by a host of financial arrangements—Medicare, Medicaid, HMO’s and various other forms of insurance—that interlope into the physician-patient relationship. Dr. Richard Amerling— Director of Outpatient Dialysis at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and a Director […] The post Getting Better Health Care – The Physicians’ Declaration of Independence appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
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