Introduction: the doctor is out -- A first visit with the doctor -- Tell him not to drive -- Polypharmacy: the problem with pills -- Poly-doctoring: a doctor for every disease -- A bubble off -- On the road again -- The supply side -- All in the family -- Practice/malpractice -- You get what you pay for
Summary
The author uses his own experiences as a primary care physician to describe the state of his profession and argues that the health care system will collapse without a strong physician-patient relationship and that the role of the primary care physician must change to survive