AMERICAN LARYNGOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Autor: CHAMBERLIN, WILLIAM B., IMPERATORI, CHARLES J., CHAMBERLIN, WILLIAM B.
Zdroj: Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery; October 1937, Vol. 26 Issue: 4 p488-505, 18p
Abstrakt: In the first part of the address reference is made to the present trends toward state medicine and the growing threat of socialization of the medical profession. The systems of medical practice in foreign countries are cited in comparison and are briefly described, together with their advantages and disadvantages. The opinions expressed are deduced largely from personal communications from correspondents in the various countries as well as from statements in the literature. The list includes the panel system in England and complete socialization in Russia as well as the partial socialization and Krankenkassen systems in Germany and Austria. The system in Sweden is also referred to.Mention is made of the elaborate social service organizations which have developed in most of the larger hospitals and their tendencies if not properly guided. Physicians are urged to give most careful consideration to the present social trends in medicine and to guide them
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