Patients who are confident of physicians' intellectual and technical
abilities are sometimes not convinced of their professional behavior.
Systemic and anecdotal cases of physician misconduct, conflict of
interest, and self-interest abound. Many have even come to mistrust
physicians as patient advocates. How can patients trust the
intellectual and technical aspects of medical care, but not the
professional? In order to enhance and promote professionalism in
medicine, one should expect it, encourage it, and evaluate it. By
measuring their own professional behavior, physicians can provide the
kind of transparency with which they can regain the trust of patients
and society. Not only patients, but also institutions which accredit
organizations have demanded accountability of physicians in their
professional behavior. While there has been much lament and a few
strong proposals for improving professionalism, no single reliable and
valid measure of the success of these proposals exists. This book is a
theory-to-practice text focused on ways to evaluate professional
behavior written by leaders in the field of medical education and
assessment.
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ISBN
9780199748129
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Academic US
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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