Patients, Doctors and Contracts: An Application of Principal-Agent Theory to the Doctor-Patient Relationship
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Summary
This paper focuses on communication between doctors and patients within the doctor-patient relationship as a method by which the utility of the principal (patient) can be maximised and has implications for the training of doctors in communication skills as a response to market failure caused by asymmetry of information.
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- article
- Published
- 1999-05-01
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- 134
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Keywords
Principal (computer security), Quality (philosophy), Information asymmetry, Doctor–patient relationship, Health care
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