Medical professionalism--focusing on the real issues.
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Rothman (April 27 issue) (1) contends that medical professionalism is losing the battle against capitalism. My colleagues and I at the American Academy of Ophthalmology agree that medicine should be practiced in the best interest of the patient, not of our pockets, but Rothman's sweeping accusations against medical specialties and the academy, which are offered as sacrificial lambs in his crusade, are unfounded.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The New England journal of medicine
دوره 342 17 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000