Patients Dilemma, 1972-04-24

1. Introduction 0:38 2. General practitioners challenges, with Dr. Frank F. Furstenberg, Associate Director of Program Development at Sinai Hospital, and Dr. Jospeh I. Berman, Chief of the Department of Community Medicine at Sinai Hospital 2:20 3. Primary care difficulties in cities 5:31 4. Sample Area - Alameda-Cold Spring Lane, and White Flight 6:31 5. Sample Area - Cherry Hill 8:35 6. Specialization results in decline of family doctors 9:01 7. Eugene Owens, General Practitioner - Medicaid patients 9:56 8. Hospital outpatient clinics and emergency rooms 12:38 9. Costs of overuse of emergency room 20:56 10. Increasing general practitioners in medical school 21:39 11. Paramedics 22:43 12. Health Maintenance Organizations 23:48 13. HMO Challenges, with Dr. Malcolm L. Peterson of Johns Hopkins University 28:01 14. George Rodgers hosts Dr. Edwin H. Stewart, Dr. John T. Chissell, and Dr. J. Richard Lilly for general discussion 30:36 15. Difficulties in attracting people to general practice 40:43 16. Doctor training and prior practices 47:08 17. Keeping abreast of new medical knowledge 51:19 18. Double standard in health care 52:39 19. Streamlining medical education 55:00 20. Credits 58:30