TY - JOUR
T1 - The treatment perspectives of physicians, citizens, and state legislators
AU - Geller, S. E.
AU - Beach, L. R.
AU - Connolly, T.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - This study addresses the dilemma of physicians to act both as an agent of their patients and as an agent of society. We contrasted the perceptions of physicians, citizens at large, and state legislators about 11 topics related to physician decision making regarding the management of care for seriously ill patients. Significant and interpretable differences were found between physicians and citizens, although there were no differences between these two groups and the state legislators. However, even the obtained differences were fewer and smaller than expected. These results suggest that lay, legislative, and medical viewpoints may be less at odds with each other than the literature would suggest, and reaching an accord on at least some aspects of health policy may not be as difficult as generally is assumed.
AB - This study addresses the dilemma of physicians to act both as an agent of their patients and as an agent of society. We contrasted the perceptions of physicians, citizens at large, and state legislators about 11 topics related to physician decision making regarding the management of care for seriously ill patients. Significant and interpretable differences were found between physicians and citizens, although there were no differences between these two groups and the state legislators. However, even the obtained differences were fewer and smaller than expected. These results suggest that lay, legislative, and medical viewpoints may be less at odds with each other than the literature would suggest, and reaching an accord on at least some aspects of health policy may not be as difficult as generally is assumed.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 10128123
AN - SCOPUS:0027284047
VL - 38
SP - 419
EP - 428
JO - Hospital and Health Services Administration
JF - Hospital and Health Services Administration
SN - 1096-9012
IS - 3
ER -