CHAPTER 10 PHYSICIANS' QUESTIONS AND 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS.
1. Describe the development/ evolution of medicine as a profession.: From a
relatively
low-status occupation to a highly respected scientific field. relationship—the caring
physician and the trusting patient—was not lasting.
Doctors had become increasingly distant in interacting with patients, while patients, in
turn, had evolved from being willingly passive to active, informed clients who wanted to
participate more equally in their care. The high cost of care, high salaries of many
doctors, and superior attitudes on the part of some, along with organized opposition to
health reform, caused certain patients to become disillusioned with the medical
profession. Doctors, on their part, became resentful about patients and others who
questioned their commitment. As a result, Shorter concludes that doctor-patient
relationships in the United States have eroded.
through AMA and Flexner report which verified the prestigiousness of the medical
career.
2. Evaluate the socialization of medical students into the medical profession/
How are physicians selected and trained as medical professionals?: Differences in the
socialization experiences of boys and girls contributed to this situation. It was not until
the 1970s that women accounted for at least 10 percent of all first-year medical students.
But in 2013— 2014,47.2 percent of all students entering medical schools were women.
they have to learn through clinical that they cannot attend emotionally to every patient as
it is very time-consuming plus they must learn to be biased. As well as a student learn
that there is an evidence-based tool to help them realize that they cannot know
everything.
success-oriented physicians say you don't need to boast about your ambitions less-
success oriented encouraged striving for a level of status indicative of their
professional group because of colleagues. students learn to detach emotionally from
patients
evidence-based medicine will mitigate the students' uncertainty
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, usually from the upper and upper middle class with increasing lower middle and lower
class
32-45 months of basic medical science and clinical studies and rotate through clerkships
3. How did the Flexner Report change medical education?: It removed the
propriterary schools. Created a medical model. Implemented regulations that increased
prestige and standards of education.
4. How could the changing demographics of new medical school students affect
the profession?: More diversity could mean more personable and humanistic approach
with patients
5. What is the difference between osteopaths and medical doctors?: Osteopaths: a
physician with the skill of training in spinal procedures with the manipulation of the
musculoskeletal system - an added dimension of health care.
Believed illness is caused by the location of bones in the spine
Awarded Doctor of osteopathy (DO), with its own professional organization
Medical doctors: A health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with
promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis, and
treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. 6. Identify the
key variables in the power structure of American medicine.: 1) hospital affiliation 2)
clientele
3) inner fraternity
It establishes prestige in the medical profession
7. T/F
Surprisingly the number of women physicians is decreasing: False
It is increasing
8. T/F
There is no forum for effective dissent within the AMA: True
9. T/F
The social importance of medical proactive and the limited number of people with
the requisite training are not the only criteria explaining the professional status of
physicians: True
10. T/F
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VERIFIED ANSWERS.
1. Describe the development/ evolution of medicine as a profession.: From a
relatively
low-status occupation to a highly respected scientific field. relationship—the caring
physician and the trusting patient—was not lasting.
Doctors had become increasingly distant in interacting with patients, while patients, in
turn, had evolved from being willingly passive to active, informed clients who wanted to
participate more equally in their care. The high cost of care, high salaries of many
doctors, and superior attitudes on the part of some, along with organized opposition to
health reform, caused certain patients to become disillusioned with the medical
profession. Doctors, on their part, became resentful about patients and others who
questioned their commitment. As a result, Shorter concludes that doctor-patient
relationships in the United States have eroded.
through AMA and Flexner report which verified the prestigiousness of the medical
career.
2. Evaluate the socialization of medical students into the medical profession/
How are physicians selected and trained as medical professionals?: Differences in the
socialization experiences of boys and girls contributed to this situation. It was not until
the 1970s that women accounted for at least 10 percent of all first-year medical students.
But in 2013— 2014,47.2 percent of all students entering medical schools were women.
they have to learn through clinical that they cannot attend emotionally to every patient as
it is very time-consuming plus they must learn to be biased. As well as a student learn
that there is an evidence-based tool to help them realize that they cannot know
everything.
success-oriented physicians say you don't need to boast about your ambitions less-
success oriented encouraged striving for a level of status indicative of their
professional group because of colleagues. students learn to detach emotionally from
patients
evidence-based medicine will mitigate the students' uncertainty
1/9
, usually from the upper and upper middle class with increasing lower middle and lower
class
32-45 months of basic medical science and clinical studies and rotate through clerkships
3. How did the Flexner Report change medical education?: It removed the
propriterary schools. Created a medical model. Implemented regulations that increased
prestige and standards of education.
4. How could the changing demographics of new medical school students affect
the profession?: More diversity could mean more personable and humanistic approach
with patients
5. What is the difference between osteopaths and medical doctors?: Osteopaths: a
physician with the skill of training in spinal procedures with the manipulation of the
musculoskeletal system - an added dimension of health care.
Believed illness is caused by the location of bones in the spine
Awarded Doctor of osteopathy (DO), with its own professional organization
Medical doctors: A health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with
promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis, and
treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. 6. Identify the
key variables in the power structure of American medicine.: 1) hospital affiliation 2)
clientele
3) inner fraternity
It establishes prestige in the medical profession
7. T/F
Surprisingly the number of women physicians is decreasing: False
It is increasing
8. T/F
There is no forum for effective dissent within the AMA: True
9. T/F
The social importance of medical proactive and the limited number of people with
the requisite training are not the only criteria explaining the professional status of
physicians: True
10. T/F
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