- George J Piligian, occupational medicine physician
- Northwell, Department of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention, New Hyde Park, NY, USA
- GPiligian{at}Northwell.edu
Morgan’s opinion piece “Do we still really need doctors?” is a thought provoking commentary on the evolving role of doctors.1
As healthcare systems have evolved in industrialised countries, some have adopted business models that consider doctors to be “providers” of a “product” (healthcare) to “consumers” (patients), strongly influencing the practice of medicine itself. The human …