The Culture of Physician Autonomy; 1900 to the Present

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 9 (1):98-113 (2000)
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The physician of fifty years ago is barely recognizable today. Rural, autonomous, and isolated, he did everything from mending broken bones to pronouncing people dead. He was responsible for a well-circumscribed community, who came to him for all their medical needs, regardless of the hour

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