“…3 Schwartz, R., Fellers, F. X., Knapp, J., and Yaffe, S., Pediatrics, 1959, 23, 1103. 4 Feuerstein, R. C., Finberg, L., and Fleishman, E., Pediatrics, 1960. 25, 215.…”
objectivity in patients' management, so that the doctor might unwittingly be persuaded against a course of action which is ultimiately in the patient's own good. In a practice where it is taken for granted that not only may patients choose a doctor but also the doctor frequently may decide to confer with his colleagues in the presence of the patient, this danger is considerably diminished. So long as all partners are present in one central surgery at most, if not all, consulting times, so long as clinical notes are made concisely and clearly, and so long as regular (preferably daily) formal conversations take place between the partners in addition to insurgery discussions, then we believe that encouraging the patients to consult any of the doctors can only enhance the standard of medical care in general practice.-We are, etc.
“…3 Schwartz, R., Fellers, F. X., Knapp, J., and Yaffe, S., Pediatrics, 1959, 23, 1103. 4 Feuerstein, R. C., Finberg, L., and Fleishman, E., Pediatrics, 1960. 25, 215.…”
objectivity in patients' management, so that the doctor might unwittingly be persuaded against a course of action which is ultimiately in the patient's own good. In a practice where it is taken for granted that not only may patients choose a doctor but also the doctor frequently may decide to confer with his colleagues in the presence of the patient, this danger is considerably diminished. So long as all partners are present in one central surgery at most, if not all, consulting times, so long as clinical notes are made concisely and clearly, and so long as regular (preferably daily) formal conversations take place between the partners in addition to insurgery discussions, then we believe that encouraging the patients to consult any of the doctors can only enhance the standard of medical care in general practice.-We are, etc.
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