Miniclinics (#133)

From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
Length: 02:00

An example of how doing good and self-interest can coincide. Read the full description.

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DEAN: This is Ethically Speaking with Dean Ritz and Deni Elliott.

DENI: I have an example of self interest and ethics both being served. It is the newest approach in combating the high cost of health care – miniclinics.

DEAN: Small doctors cost less?

DENI: No, not small doctors. Miniclinics are more like drive through health care. Nurse practitioners, who are licensed to examine patients, make diagnoses and write prescriptions, see patients on a walk in basis at drugstores, shopping malls, even at pharmacies and grocery stores and big box stores. It’s quick and cheap, and it seems to work just fine for people with run of the mill complaints.

DEAN: Don’t you think that it is just an odd coincidence that miniclinics are located inside stores?.

DENI: That’s what I mean when I say that self-interest and ethics coincide. People get health care at a reasonable cost and the sto...
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