Good Doctor
What Patients Want
$36.00
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2012
Summary
What makes a good doctor? Are there really bad doctors out there? If so, how can we patients protect ourselves? Can more information, more trust and more assured competence be injected into the medical system to solve these problems?
Drawing on his years of dealing with patient concerns, former Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson tackles these important questions and makes some challenging arguments:
- Patients don’t demand the sort of information about doctors…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781869405922 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1869405927 |
| Author: | Paterson Ron |
| Publisher: | Auckland University Press |
| Imprint: | Auckland University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2012 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 230mm x 165mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘What do these stories tell us about the state of relations between patients and doctors? Do patients have unrealistic expectations, as is often claimed? Is the unhappiness endemic, or just a predictable response from parties whose relationship has broken down?’
This is a thought-provoking book by one of the New Zealanders most qualified to write it. – Graeme Barrow, Wairarapa Times
A visit to the doctor will never be the same again for anyone who reads The Good Doctor. – John Ewan, Nelson Mail
About The Author
Paterson Ron
Ron Paterson is Professor of Health Law and Policy at the University of Auckland, holding law degrees from the University of Auckland and Oxford University. He served as the New Zealand Health and Disability Commissioner from 2000 to 2010, and as Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Health, from 1998-99. He is co-editor of the textbook Medical Law in New Zealand (2006). Paterson researched and wrote The Good Doctor during his time as the 2009 New Zealand Law Foundation International Research Fellow.
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