Say no to government control of patient care

Abstract

Healthcare reform threatens to jeopardize the role of physicians in deciding what is appropriate care for their patients. Factors outside the doctor-patient relationship, such as a global budget and limited access, will exert increasing influence on the decision-making process, according to Dr Dewberry. In this commentary, he explores the roots of this dangerous trend and suggests that physicians take an uncompromising stance against it.

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Glenn Paschal Dewberry

Glenn Paschal Dewberry Jr, MD Dr Dewberry is in private practice of family medicine in Oklahoma City.