Grappling with a leviathan. Right to contract provides needed counterbalance to government power in healthcare.
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The Coalition includes the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, the Medical Society of Delaware, the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, the Florida Medical Association, the Medical Association of Georgia, the Kansas Medical Society, the Louisiana State Medical Society, the Medical Society of New Jersey, the Mississippi State Medical Association, the South Carolina Medical Association, and the Tennessee Medical Association. It also includes the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the American Society of General Surgeons, and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. And it includes three former American Medical Association (AMA) presidents – Daniel Johnson Jr., Donald Palmisano, and William Plested III.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Modern healthcare
دوره 40 34 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010