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The Culture of Physician Autonomy; 1900 to the Present

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2000

EDWARD A. PONT
EDWARD A. PONT
Affiliation:
Edward A. Pont, M.D., is on faculty at Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, and is a community pediatrician practicing in suburban Chicago.
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Abstract

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.

Type
Research Article
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 2000 , pp. 98 - 113
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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