Not What the Doctor Ordered: Liberating Caregivers and Empowering Consumers for Successful Health Reform

Focusing On New Realities Of The 21st Century, The Author Shows Not Only Why Giving Consumers The Right To Choose Advanced Practitioners Is The Top Priority For Improving Our Overpriced, Underperforming Medical Care Delivery System, But Also How To Make The Necessary Changes. As He Clearly And Concisely Explains From Medical And Economic Perspectives, The Key Is Eliminating Physicians' Monopoly Powers Over Advanced Practice Nurses, Clinical Pharmacists, Physical Therapists, Clinical Psychologists, And Other Advanced Practice (ap) Health Professionals Who Now Rival Physicians In Scientific Knowledge And Caregiving Skills Within Well-defined Scopes Of Practice Regulated By State Governments -- Provided By Publisher. Introduction And Background: 25 Years Later -- Medical Monopoly: What The Doctor Ordered -- The Medical Marketplace: Learning Lessons Of History -- Captain Of The Ship: Legal Foundations Of Independent Practice -- Advanced Practitioners: Health Professionals Whose Time Has Come -- Case Studies. Jeffrey C. Bauer. A Routledge Title, Part Of The Taylor & Francis Imprint, A Member Of The Taylor & Francis Group, The Academic Division Of T&f Informa Plc. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.