Patients, Not Costs, Come First: Should Doctors Cut Costs at the Bedside?

Authors

Allen R. Dyer

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1-1-1986

Journal

Hastings Center Report

Volume

16

Issue

1

DOI

10.2307/3562462

Abstract

in their daily practices, can doctors be both patient advocates and society's agents in rationing costly care? Doctors disagree among themselves. Some argue that patients stand to benefit if doctors lead the movement for cost‐effective care in hospitals, nursing homes, and patients' homes. For others cost‐cutting at the bedside erodes the foundations of the doctor‐patient relationship and compromises the quality of care. 1986 The Hastings Center

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