Medical Professionalism in Society
- 18 November 1999
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 341 (21) , 1612-1616
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199911183412112
Abstract
Today, at the dawn of a new century, genuine medical professionalism is in peril. Increasing-ly, physicians encounter perverse financial incentives, fierce market competition, and the erosion of patients' trust,17 yet most physicians are ill equipped to deal with these threats.8,9 The role of professionalism has been so little discussed that it has virtually disappeared in the battle between those who favor market competition in a trillion-dollar industry and those who seek greater government regulation.8 Physicians, feeling trapped between these camps, are turning to unionization and other tactics.10 In the first half of this century, medical professionalism was generally . . .Keywords
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