Can the Practice of Retainer Medicine Improve Primary Care?

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Letters6 March 2012Can the Practice of Retainer Medicine Improve Primary Care?Marcy Zwelling, MDMarcy Zwelling, MDFrom Choice Care, Los Alamitos, CA 90720.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-156-5-201203060-00019 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:In their article, Huddle and Centor (1) present a very thoughtful exposition of the social obligations of primary care physicians and their understanding of the ethical commitment those of us practicing retainer medicine have toward our patients. I would like to offer some additional thoughts.I decided to leave traditional medicine because I had a visceral need to do my job, and I could not be the professional my patients deserved if I spent 9 to 15 minutes with them per visit. I found it disquieting to charge a patient to sit in my waiting room for ...Reference1. Huddle TS, Centor RM. Retainer medicine: an ethically legitimate form of practice that can improve primary care. Ann Intern Med. 2011;155:633-5. [PMID: 22041952] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Choice Care, Los Alamitos, CA 90720.Disclosures: None disclosed. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoRetainer Medicine: An Ethically Legitimate Form of Practice That Can Improve Primary Care Thomas S. Huddle and Robert M. Centor Can the Practice of Retainer Medicine Improve Primary Care? Josh J. Umbehr Can the Practice of Retainer Medicine Improve Primary Care? Douglas M. Van Zoeren Can the Practice of Retainer Medicine Improve Primary Care? James Webster Can the Practice of Retainer Medicine Improve Primary Care? Martin T. Donohoe Can the Practice of Retainer Medicine Improve Primary Care? Thomas S. Huddle and Robert M. Centor Metrics 6 March 2012Volume 156, Issue 5Page: 399KeywordsConflicts of interestHealth carePatient advocacyTraditional medicine ePublished: 6 March 2012 Issue Published: 6 March 2012 CopyrightCopyright © 2012 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...