But at a Price Physician incomes may be on the rise, but so are hours worked and number of patients seen. All of which means that physicians are doing a lot more work for a small boost in income. Brazil A nationwide system for healthcare has only recently become reality.
Brazilian resident offers a personal look at healthcare.
In this paper David Mechanic argues similarly that medicine is being pulled in one direction by members of the old guard, who rail against managed care and its effects on traditional notions of medical professionalism, and in another by broader trends that call out for a new professional ethic that takes account of a broader set of responsibilities for physicians. These emerging demands on physicians will require fresh thinking.