The Pros And Cons Of Specialization Of Physicians

1. Specialization of physicians has had a positive and negative impact in our healthcare system. While they have allowed for much advancement in medical care, they have also been highly successful in patient care. However, specialization has also had an inefficient impact on our health care delivery system. Currently, there are far more physicians choosing to be specialist, there happens to be a shortage in primary physicians. Due to this, more patients are seeing specialty physicians. In my opinion, this may be due to the lack of primary care physicians, or patient’s preference to see a specialist. According to Amal Trivedi, Specialty care is often more expensive than primary care; specialists have higher fees and may do more testing (often …show more content…
Those with mental health disorders were treated poorly, and often confined in overcrowded asylums with criminals, alcoholics, low income, and the homeless (Sultz & Young, ). However, with many soldiers coming home from WWI, and suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder, this contributed to an increase in awareness by the American public and federal government for mental illnesses. Following the war, lead to the first effective biological treatments emerged in forms of insulin coma, drug-induced convulsions, and electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery (Sultz & Young, ). While this did not take the mentally ill out of confinement, it was the first step in the right direction. Following WWII more changes, or improvements occurred. At this time, the federal government passed the National Mental Health Act of 1946, and the Department of Veterans Affairs recognized the need for increased services and established psychiatric hospitals and clinics.(Sultz & Young, ). Overall, the outcomes of the soldiers following WWI and WWII were unfortunate, allowed for an increase in mental health awareness, which in turn has lead to greater steps decades