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ERIC Number: EJ591476
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
Academic Medicine Becomes a Target for Labor Organizing.
Mangan, Katherine S.
Chronicle of Higher Education, v45 n48 pA14-A15 Aug 6 1999
Frustrated by the ways in which large managed-care companies are controlling physicians' lives and professional practice, the American Medical Association has voted to form a union to represent physicians and medical residents. Academic physicians have shown less interest than others. (MSE)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Economic Factors, Educational Trends, Graduate Medical Students, Health Maintenance Organizations, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical School Faculty, Physicians, Professional Education, Unions
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: American Medical Association; Professionalism