Do We Still Need Doctors?

Exploring such issues as the structure of medical education, the corporatization of health care, and the increasing constraints upon the private doctor-patient relationship, John Lantos, a pediatrician, teacher, and and bioethicist at the University of Chicago, reveals how changes in our health care system are fostering new ways of understanding and responding to illness.

John D. Lantos M.D.

1. Introduction 2. Postwar Optimism 3. Priscilla's Story 4. Why Should We Care about Other People's Children? 5. Medical Education and Medical Morality 6. Truths, Stories, Fictions, and Lies 7. On Mistakes and Truth Telling 8. The Perils of Progress 9. Do We Still Need Doctors?