The Vanishing Physician-Scientist? (The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080144845X ISBN 13: 9780801448454

Publisher: ILR Press, 2009

Synopsis

Throughout history, physicians have played a vital role in medical discovery. These physician-scientists devote the majority of their professional effort to seeking new knowledge about health and disease through research and represent the entire continuum of biomedical investigation. They bring a unique perspective to their work and often base their scientific questions on the experience of caring for patients. Physician-scientists also effectively communicate between researchers in the "pure sciences" and practicing health care providers. Yet there has been growing concern in recent decades that, due to complex changes, physician-scientists are vanishing from the scene.

In this book, leading physician-scientists and academic physicians examine the problem from a variety of perspectives: historical, demographic, scientific, cultural, sociological, and economic. They make valuable recommendations that―if heeded―should preserve and revitalize the community of physician-scientists as the profession continues to evolve and boundaries between doctors and researchers shift.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"In The Vanishing Physician-Scientist? Dr. Andrew I. Schafer makes the case that truly effective translational research can go from bench to bedside and back again in dynamic fashion; he describes a view of the future in which physician-scientists will be members of research teams. This book does an excellent job of placing physician-scientists in historical context and highlighting the fact that the problem of the endangered physician-scientist is not a new one. The Vanishing Physician-Scientist? outlines a long-term problem that is likely to get worse, and, most important, provides a number of possible solutions.Given the current constraints on NIH-funded research and an understandable retrenchment for funding by industry and foundations, its descriptions of strategies that have been successful in the past and are likely to be successful in the future are more valuable than ever."-Glenn Bubley, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital and Harvard Medic! al School

About the Author:

Dr. Andrew I. Schafer is the E. Hugh Luckey Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and Physician-in-Chief at New York Presbyterian Hospital–Weill Cornell Medical Center. He is past president of the American Society of Hematology, the founding editor in chief of its publication, The Hematologist, and President-Elect of the Association of Professors of Medicine.

About this edition

• Publisher: ILR Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 080144845X
• ISBN 13: 9780801448454
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Schafer Andrew I.