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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,^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7} 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 understood according . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Professionalism in Society

A Model of Professionalism

Devotion to Medical Service

Public Profession of Values

Negotiation Regarding Professional Values and Other Social Values

An Archetypal Model of Professionalism

A Spectrum of Professional Activism

Conclusions

References

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