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To the Editor: It is gratifying to see the subject of medical professionalism considered in the review article by Stern and Papadakis (Oct. 26 issue).¹ However, the article fails to meaningfully address the reality that physicians are increasingly employed by or dependent on organizations with a business ethic that is indifferent and occasionally hostile to the values and behaviors of professionalism. Medical practitioners are expected to placate profit-driven employers and insurance carriers, for example, while remaining loyal to the highest standards of medical professionalism. The educational imperative should be not only to teach the values of medical professionalism but also . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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