Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Physicians must satisfy 2 competing expectations: advocate for patients and serve as stewards of resources. No guidelines exist for surgeons on resolving this conflict. We surveyed surgeons' perceptions about these dual obligations. STUDY DESIGN:We conducted our study at 2 large university hospitals in 3 distinct steps, each built on the previous one. First, we surveyed 40 surgery residents and medical students using a 10-question assessment tool as the quantitative portion of our analysis. Next, a focus group of attending surgeons was surveyed to identify themes for the qualitative part of our study. Based on these, 5 attending surgeons from varying specialties were interviewed in a semi-structured format. We used the Wilcoxon signed rank test for quantitative analysis and content analysis to report our qualitative findings. RESULTS:Students and residents did not think that they faced resource allocation decisions; however, they observed attending surgeons face them regularly (p = 0.0003). Attending surgeons from various specialties agreed that they thought they were obligated to both provide excellent care and serve as a steward of resources. All surgeons agreed these obligations can conflict. Individual practices varied with all erring on the side of patient care. Concern about being an outlier in one's section was a greater motivator to alter practice than was fear of litigation. No surgeon thought that patients had an adequate understanding of surgeons' dual agency. CONCLUSIONS:Surgeons balance the responsibilities of patient care and stewardship of resources with great variability. Diverse practices likely add to inequalities in healthcare delivery and increase mistrust. Surgeons' social contract with patients calls for transparent strategies to address their dual agency.
journal_name
J Am Coll Surgjournal_title
Journal of the American College of Surgeonsauthors
Kopar PK,Lui FYdoi
10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.04.037subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-08-01 00:00:00pages
239-243.e4issue
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1072-7515issn
1879-1190pii
S1072-7515(20)30399-9journal_volume
231pub_type
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