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Book SynopsisArgues that primary care is a fascinating, important, and endangered calling. This book sheds light on the political and economic contradictions that confront American medicine. It explains how the primary care movement has emerged built on the principles of 'big doctoring' - coordinated, comprehensive care over time.
Trade Review"Mullan gets it right! His 'big doctors' are the unsung heroes of American medicine. Their stories - and they are great stories - tell us where we have to go to build a medical system that will work for everybody, And I mean everybody - the CEO, the family on welfare, you, and me." - Studs Terkel, author of Working, The Good War, and Coming of Age"
Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1. Primary Care Roots 2. The New GPs: The Family Physician Comes of Age Eugene McGregor, M.D.: A Legacy of General Practice Connie Adler, M.D.: Living Rural Medicine Neil Calman, M.D.: Urban Warrior 3. Roots Rediscovered: The Internist and the Pediatrician as Generalists Beach Conger, M.D.: Caretaker and Contrarian Linda Headrick, M.D.: Seeking a Common Language in Primary Care Selma Deitch, M.D., M.P.H.: Children First 4. The New Clinicians: Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Therese Hidalgo, C.F.N.P.: Proud to Be a Nurse Carl Toney, P.A.: Building a New Profession Holly Gerlaugh, F.N.P., P.A.-C.: A One-Woman Merger 5. The System Doctors: Managed Care and Primary Care Sam Ho, M.D.: Idealist, Innovator, Entrepreneur Sallyann Bowman, M.D.: A Philadelphia Story Gwen Wagstrom Halaas, M.D., M.B.A.: Evidence-Based Doctoring 6. The Quixote Factor: Generalists Doing Special Battle William Kapla, M.D.: Life and Death in San Francisco Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O.: Ground Breaker Janelle Goetcheus, M.D.: Doctor Succor 7. Building a Better Future: The Case for Primary Care Acknowledgments Notes Index
