Caribbean Community Secretariat

Documentation Centre

Providing access to the publications, records and institutional knowledge of the Caribbean Community.

Search the Catalogue

Challenges facing the physician in the 21st century (Record no. 23041)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 00833nam a2200109Ia 4500
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Emery, H.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Challenges facing the physician in the 21st century
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2000
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Notes that one dilemma facing the physician of the 21st century is the need to recognize his/her changing role and to integrate his/her traditional clinical skills with the social intervention (including spirituality) needed to achieve total patient care. Suggests that the issues of primary health care, poverty, pollution, health insurance ,the cost of health care, and alternative medicine, ethical and moral dilemmas, represent some of the major challenges. Indicates that the challenge to the doctor is that he/she must always adopt positions which are ethically, morally and legally sound.
583 ## - ACTION NOTE
Time/date of action 11/8/00
Action agent JOY_D
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Analytic
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Total Checkouts Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
        CARICOM Documentation Centre CARICOM Documentation Centre 04/05/2023   0000000017055 04/05/2023 04/05/2023 Analytic










Contact Us

CARICOM Secretariat
Turkeyen Georgetown
Guyana
Email: documentation.centre@caricom.org
Telephone: +1 (592) 222-0001