Audience sceptical as critic challenges current system for paying Canada's MDs.
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 7804926.
- Also identified by PMC identifier PMC1337501.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
A recent CMA-sponsored conference on negotiations brought medical leaders from across Canada to Ottawa in September to hear experts discuss the current health care environment. Among the speakers was Dr. Michael Rachlis, a widely quoted critic of physicians' current role in the health care system. He said physicians and patients currently face major "equity issues," as some patients have a difficult time finding medical help because their serious illnesses are "worth" less to doctors, many of whom prefer to see patients with simple problems that can be dealt with in a few minutes. Several physicians reacted strongly to the criticism.