New England Journal of Medicine · 2009 · 38 citations · 3 references
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In an address to the American Medical Association on June 15, 2009, President Barack Obama acknowledged that he needed physicians' support on health care reform and offered to work with physicians to achieve the reform he believes is essential. In recent months, commentators have called on physicians to be “our most credible and effective leaders of progress toward a new world of coordinated, sensible, outcome-oriented care” and to “find a brave voice” for changing health care's funding structures in a way that “puts quality of care before financial gain.”1 Are U.S. physicians prepared to play such a part?2 Previous research . . .
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