Word: professionalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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"Both of these economists are simply first-rate and are well-known in the profession," said Jeffrey G. Williamson, chair of Harvard's economics department.
To outside observers, it was one more example of how far the A.M.A., and by extension the entire medical profession, has fallen. In the group's heyday in the early 1960s, 70% of practicing physicians were members, and the A.M.A. wielded enough political clout to rewrite Medicare laws. Now roughly...
It's almost as if the medical profession were suffering an identity crisis. Some doctors have become so discouraged that they're leaving the profession entirely. A neurosurgeon in Texas folded his practice to become a police officer. A California radiologist quit to go canoeing in South Africa and bicycling...
Others, like Dr. Karen Hill, who practices internal medicine in Austin, Texas, are learning how to live without managed care. Hill dropped 1,500 managed-care patients last year and saw her income plummet two-thirds. But she's happier treating the remaining 500. "So often we find ourselves practicing...
Myles V. Lynk '70, a partner with the firm, spoke about different sectors of the profession.