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

Abstract

On the morning of June 1st, Joseph K. awakened feeling terrible. Whenhis condition did not improve during the day, his wife called the K. familyphysician, Dr. George Powers, and Dr. Powers suggested that Mr. K. bebrought in to see him. When the K\u27s. arrived, Dr. Powers and his salariedassistant, Dr. Fingerling, examined Mr. K. thoroughly. They could findnothing wrong with him (other than his increasingly oppressive subjectivesymptoms), but as those symptoms were seriously debilitating, Dr. Powerssuggested that Mr. K. check into Central Hospital (a large teaching hospitalaffiliated with the local medical school) for further tests