Psychiatric aides and technicians are part of direct care workforces in inpatient units who are subject to high rates of violence but earn far less than higher-status clinicians.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(9):E830-838. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.830.
What professional responsibility does a physician have for a patient after handing the case off to those in the subsequent shift? Should he or she comment on the next team’s approach to care?
Physician employment adds a practice management stakeholder to the patient-physician encounter, a stakeholder whose financial interests differ from those of physicians in solo or group practice.