The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-17
Medical Facilities
 Inadequate In .. s.
Latest Report on Costs of Medical Care Finds Do!'I
 Medical Personnel and Facilities Below Par

all that quality of serVfco which can Do ronlizod only by the unIn- t1nanco of the traditionally hiNh standards of tho medical protee- si0nn.
 Good Medical Care Defined
 The coordination Of all typeg of medical care and the application ok modern, scientific medicine to tho needs of all the people are funde. mental in the provision of good medical care, the authorz of the
 The articles of faith," upon which tho concept of good medical care as used in the report is based, are listed by the authors under the following headings:
 1. Good medical care is limited to the practice of rational ric0i- cine based on medical scienco.
 There is no place in modern medicine for the quack, the cultipt. or the magician; any system of prevention, diagnosis, or theEapy which is not founded on rational observation and deduction has n "hit or mies'' character 3fic0m- patlble with good medical practice. 2. Good medical care emphasizes prevention.
 Preventive medicine is by no means confined to public health's activities. The idea of prevention must pcrvade and inspire all branches of medicine. Prevention, diagnosis and treatment, ares inc separable aspects of the science and art of medicine.
 2. Good medical care requires intelligent cooperation between tIic lay public and the practition- CTS of scientific medicine.
 The cooperation of the patient is fully as important as the efii- ciency of the practitioner and the availability of his services.s Often tho best of doctors can do little for Q patient who does not follow instructions.
 {. Good medical care treats tho individual as a whole.
 All the factors which concern his health--mentaf and emotional as well as physiologicai--must be weighted in diagnosis. prevention and treatment.
 5. Good medical care maintains close and continuing relation between physician and patient.
 Because of the complex nature of Q human being and the intri- cato relationship between body and mind, and between the parts and the whole, long Familiarity with the patients personality and habits is q first essential of good medical care. No amount of teCh- nical skill, no combination of mechanical and laboratory deviceH is as useful in the diagnosis of many conditions as q personal knowledge of the patients history. family situation, and general mon tai and physical idiosyncracies.
 c. Good medical carc is co.or- dinatcd with social welfare work.
 The value of medical care among the poorer economic c1ass- eS is vitiated if the patient is sent back after q course of treatment into the same surroundings which gave rise to his ailment. While medicine cannot cure unempluy- ment or abolish slums. much cen be dono by cooperation with the social agencies to improve the level of health among the poorer members of society.
 2. Good medical .care co-ordinatca all types of medical services. | Good medical care requires that | n proper balance land coiordtnah tion exist among all the various agencies and different types of ln- stitutions and organtzatfunA through which medical services arc provided.
 6. Good medical care implies tho aDDIiCAttOn of all the ueccaGaFy services of modern. scientific medicine to the needs 0f all the people.
 Medicine does not adequately fulfill it's functions-until the sArne perfection of technidEe is within the reach of all individuals.