Chapter 12: The Physician in a Changing Society

Question 1

Autonomy for Medical Profession

Physicians themselves establish the…

Answer 1

Medical standards enforced by the governmental regulating agencies

Question 2

Autonomy for Medical Profession

Laypersons are generally unable…

Answer 2

to judge technical performance

Question 3

Autonomy for Medical Profession

The physician is a…

Answer 3

member of a self-controlled collectivity performing a vital function for society’s general good

Question 4

AFMP

Rules of etiquette among colleagues restrict the evaluation of work and discourage..

Answer 4

Technical errors more likely to be forgiven by colleagues than moral errors

Question 5

Countervailing power

Answer 5

Describes how a particular group may be only one of several groups in society maneuvering to fulfill its interests

Question 6

De-professionalization

Answer 6

Decline in power which results in a decline in the degree to which professions possess, or are perceived to possess, a constellation of characteristics denoting a profession

Yes apply to doctors.

Question 7

Formal rationality

Answer 7

the purposeful calculation of the most efficient means to reach goals

Question 8

Substantive rationality

Answer 8

A process of making decisions with an emphasis on ideal values

Question 9

Dominent pattern becoming one in which most doctors are employees

Answer 9

Accompanied bt a general evolution in the health care delivery system toward greater size and complexity

Question 10

Represents a major shift in the organization of American health care delivery

Answer 10

Solo, self- employed, fee-for-service doctors are no longer the norm