Medicine and Government

To the Editor: Dr. Fein's plea in the July 24 issue for participation from all citizens is praiseworthy, and I heartily agree with him. However, how do we go about coordinating the efforts of citizens in improving our health-care system? In our community, a group of concerned physicians has org...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 303; no. 25; p. 1482
Main Authors Smith, Kenneth E, Faust, Halley S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Massachusetts Medical Society 18.12.1980
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Summary:To the Editor: Dr. Fein's plea in the July 24 issue for participation from all citizens is praiseworthy, and I heartily agree with him. However, how do we go about coordinating the efforts of citizens in improving our health-care system? In our community, a group of concerned physicians has organized to protest the mandates of the local health-systems agency; we are in the midst of a "we vs. they" conflict. How do we change the context of this situation? How do we create the "other dialogue" to which Dr. Fein refers in his article? No extract is available for articles shorter than 400 words.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJM198012183032520