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A 5 page paper discussing several issues of health care, including costs, managed care, the rise of professionalism and the marginalization of public health. We are still debating whether access to health care is a right or a privilege. The existence of public health facilities and services indicates that it will continue to be viewed as a right, but we are about to be faced with a sizeable population that fits neither the marginalized nor the privileged categories. The next focus of debate likely will center on what to do with that portion of the population. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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In times past and long before much medical knowledge had been established, those in poor health often were advised to travel, to gain different surroundings and benefit from changes
in climate. In this era, there was no such thing as public health. Health care absolutely was a privilege, and one afforded relatively few individuals. Physicians themselves
were not considered to be all-knowing as they often are now, but any individual able to travel for months or even years at a time for health reasons without regard
for tending to daily income-producing activities certainly was not a member of the working class. The Rise of Professionalism
In the mid-1800s, there was little training necessary to become a physician, and there were no regulatory bodies at all. Medical schools abounded, and they
were able to push through as many aspiring doctors as they could attract. The entire course of medical training consisted of three semesters of 13 weeks each (Bock).
Not only was much less time devoted to teaching the principles of medicine, many of the principles now viewed as common did not exist at the time. There was
no knowledge of the world of bacteria; viruses were unheard of; biochemistry had not been considered at all. In short, there was little reason for medical school to require
any more time than it did, for there was little information available to learn. It was around this time that nurses were trying
to establish themselves as professionals, and shortly after the AMA was founded. Ostensibly a professional organization, its primary purpose was that of marketing physicians, setting them apart from the
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