Doctor as Street-Level Bureaucrat
Elvin Geng
Abstract
Doctors are street-level bureaucrats, making decisions that can have particularly significant effects on vulnerable people. Often when we’re faced with a choice between defending the system and advocating for the patient, we instinctively do the former.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineMedical emergencyMental Health and Patient InvolvementGlobal Maternal and Child HealthHealthcare Policy and Management