The Physician is the first book in New York Times–bestselling author Noah Gordon’s Dr. Robert Cole trilogy, which continues with Shaman and concludes with Matters of Choice.

In this book, leading physician-scientists and academic physicians examine the problem from a variety of perspectives: historical, demographic, scientific, cultural, sociological, and economic.

Marc A. Rodwin draws on his own experience as a health lawyer--and his research in health ethics, law, and policy--to reveal how financial conflicts of interest can and do negatively affect the quality of patient care.

Here is documentary work of the most instructive and telling kind -- a nation's healers become witnesses and teachers for us readers."—Robert Coles, M.D. "At a time when both doctors and patients in record numbers abhor the shadowy mass ...

Provides a source for statistical data about Doctors of Medicine and Doctors of Osteopathy supply in the United States.

Written almost entirely by physicians, The Physician's Guide to Manag ed Care is a must for any physician interested in meeting future chall enges.