Challenges facing the physician in the 21st century (Record no. 46376)
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| fixed length control field | 00862nam a2200121Ia 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260716043408.0 |
| 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 |
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