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R Dorsey

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PubMed1978

The American Psychiatric Association and the Food and Drug Administration: an analysis and proposal for action.

The relationship between medicine and society is currently undergoing substantial change. While the Food and Drug Administration has no legal authority over the practicing physician, its decisions already influence medical practice. The Drug Regulation Reform Act of 1978, if passed in its present form, would grant FDA broad new powers over patient care and clinical research. In order to retain a high degree of control of its future and activities, the American Psychiatric Association must develop an effective mechanism for meeting this challenge and for serving the interests of its members and their patients. Dr. Alexander M. Schmidt comments on the author's presentation.

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PubMed1975

PSRO: advantages, risks, and potential pitfalls.

The authors propose that active physician participation in current review methodologies, including PSRO, can lessen the potential for such problems as the development of unrealistic standards, emphasis on review and record keeping as ends rather than means, and ineffectuality of the systems themselves. Potential advantages of PSRO are seen in areas of quality assessment and improvement, economy, and enhancement of the continuing learning processess of physicians. The authors suggest that physicians should resist pressures toward separation of reviewing authority from clinical competence.

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