You've Seen the TV Program Royal Pains, About Concierge Medicine

question 75

Multiple Choice

You've seen the TV program Royal Pains, about concierge medicine, and it looks great to you. If you were able to have such a doctor, you'd have a personal relationship with him, he would come to your house whenever you called, he'd have access to all the best that medical practice has to offer, and he'd see you for more than the ten-minute office visit your regular doctor gives you. What do medical ethicists think about concierge medicine?

• A) It really is a great addition to the medical field for all the stated reasons.
• B) It is expensive for the concierge providers.
• C) It may be at odds with doctors' professional codes.
• D) It is within professional practice philosophical codes.
• E) It is such a new phenomenon that it has not been studied as yet.

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