Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7333366 | Social Science & Medicine | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Lastly, building on the empirical case of cancer diagnostics, we discuss the implications of the pervasiveness of the logic of efficiency in the clinical setting and argue that provision of medical care in today's primary care settings requires careful balancing of increasing demands of efficiency, greater complexity of biomedical knowledge and consideration for individual patient needs.
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Authors
Rikke Sand Andersen, Peter Vedsted,