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Who’s in control of medicine? Physicians on job autonomy and patient care
Author(s)Richard Payerchin
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New Physicians Foundation survey results reveal that physician autonomy pressures and consolidation effects are threatening patient access to health care.
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Physicians go into medicine to help patients heal, but job circumstances may sap their control over the delivery of care.
The Physicians Foundation conducted an online survey of more than
This slideshow presents findings, with all data supplied by The Physicians Foundation’s
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