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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ronald W. Dworkin, MD, works as an anesthesiologist while also
teaching political philosophy in the George Washington University Hon-
ors Program. His essays on medicine, and on American culture and poli-
tics, have appeared in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, National Affairs, Policy Review, The New Atlantis, and The Public Interest.
He lives in Maryland.
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Document Outline
Contents
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
1 The Politics of a Catastrophe
2 Impatience and the Urge to Be Macho
3 The Trap of Overspecialization
4 When No One Is in Command
5 When Patients Become Consumers
6 A Tale of Two Offices
7 When Doctors Lose Control of Their Own Personalities
8 When Doctors Lose Control of Their Own Rules
9 The Problem of Going Part-Time and When to Retire
10 I Come Full Circle
11 What Is a Doctor?
Notes
Bibliography
About the Author
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