- From the patient perspective:
- What do patients expect from medical treatment?
- What leads people to seek treatment?
- How does a patient decide where to go for treatment?
- From the doctor’s perspective:
- How does a physician expect to be paid?
- How does a physician decide what patients to treat?
- What threats exist today to a doctor’s autonomy and authority?
- From the hospital’s perspective:
- How would a hospital prefer to relate to physicians on its staff?
- How has the relationship between hospitals and physicians changed over the past 50 years?
- What impact does the dominance of the nonprofit form of hospital have on the relationship to the physician?
- What do hospitals expect from patients?
- How does a hospital’s duty to treat differ from the physician’s?
