Serf or citizen: physician status and organizational structure. (Physician Executive Leadership).

From: Physician Executive | Date: July 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Key Concepts: Group Structure/Group Practice/Organizational Culture/Organizational Innovation/Changing Physician Status/Serf or Citizen?

For more than a decade, dynamic changes in the health care industry have created new organizations for physicians. The major change for physicians has not been the organization itself, but the principles by which it is governed. This fundamental shift is studied with its impact on physicians, by analogy, becoming more like serfs or more like citizens. A review of the general organizational direction and results of non-physician health care organizations ...

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