Luxury Care/Concierge Care
Articles, slide shows, and lecture outlines re luxury care/concierge care (including involvement of academic medical centers)
Slide Shows (See also Universal Health Care/Single Payer System page):
*Luxury Primary Care & Academic Medicine
Comprehensive version of slide show covering the links between luxury care clinics and academic medical centers, along with a general overview of concierge care, medical tourism, retail clinics, relevant ethical and legal issues, etc.
Luxury Care & Academic Medicine short version
Short version of slide show covering the links between luxury care clinics and academic medical centers
Physicians in retainer practice: national survey results – Wynia, 2005
Slide show with results of survey of physicians in retainer practice, Dr Matthew Wynia, 2005
Spectrum of Concierge Care – Short Version
Brief (20″) slide show covering the array of concierge care available to the wealthy, from international clinics to organs for sale to wombs for rent, with focus on luxury primary care clinics
Spectrum of Concierge Care – Medium Length Version
Longer (60″) slide show covering the array of concierge care available to the wealthy, from international clinics to organs for sale to wombs for rent, with focus on luxury primary care clinics
Articles (See also Universal Health Care/Single Payer System page):
*Luxury Medical Care – Ideological Debates in Family Medicine.pdf
Detailed book chapter describing the spectrum of concierge care and opposing the development of luxury practices
lux p care – NEJM lte.doc
Letter re luxury primary care and universal health care coverage in the US
luxury p care and acad med – JGIM.pdf
Article covering the link between luxury primary care clinics and academic medical centers
Medical Tourism and Luxury Care Ltr – Southern Med J
Letter re medical tourism and recruitment of wealthy foreigners to luxury U.S. practices - Southern Med J
professionalism and retainer practice
Short book chapter from Professionalism in Medicine: The Case-based Guide for Medical Students
Retainer Practice – Virtual Mentor.doc
Article on the ethics of retainer practice
External Links (See Universal Health Care / Single Payer System page):