Conflicted Care: Doctors Navigating Patient Welfare, Finances, and Legal Risk Nelson Hyeyoung Oh
An eye-opening and compelling ethnography about how doctors make decisionsThe oath that doctors take to "do no harm" suggests that patient welfare is at the center of what it means to be a successful…
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An eye-opening and compelling ethnography about how doctors make decisionsThe oath that doctors take to "do no harm" suggests that patient welfare is at the center of what it means to be a successful medical professional. It is also understood, however, that hospitals are not only vessels for medical care-they are businesses, educational institutions, and complex bureaucracies with intricate codes of etiquette that dictate how each staff member should approach situations with patients. In Conflicted Care, Hyeyoung Oh Nelson provides an in-depth look at the decision-making processes of physicians at a large, prestigious academic medical center-that she calls Pacific Medical Center-and finds that more often than not patient wellbeing is only one of several factors governing day-to-day decisions.The steps physicians take reveal a kind of hidden curriculum