Medical Devices and Paramedical Personnel: A Preliminary Context for Emerging Problems

Abstract

On the morning of June 1st, Joseph K. awakened feeling terrible. When his condition did not improve during the day, his wife called the K. family physician, Dr. George Powers, and Dr. Powers suggested that Mr. K. be brought in to see him. When the K's. arrived, Dr. Powers and his salaried assistant, Dr. Fingerling, examined Mr. K. thoroughly. They could find nothing wrong with him (other than his increasingly oppressive subjective symptoms), but as those symptoms were seriously debilitating, Dr. Powers suggested that Mr. K. check into Central Hospital (a large teaching hospital affiliated with the local medical school) for further tests.