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Commentary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2000

Henry S. Perkins
Henry S. Perkins
Affiliation:
Henry S. Perkins, M.D., is Professor of Medicine and Interim Director of the Center for Ethics and the Humanities in Health Care in the Department of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas.
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Abstract

Many people see high income as the primary motivation of today's American physicians. But in “The Culture of Physician Autonomy, 1900 to Present,” Dr. Pont offers a provocative new idea: that preserving professional autonomy has been a far more powerful motivation through this century.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 2000 , pp. 117 - 119
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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