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JAMA. 1998;279:650.

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The February 18 Resident Forum reported on the issue of collective negotiations between resident physicians and their institutions. As mentioned in that column, the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR), a labor union, has petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to permit CIR to represent the residents at Boston Medical Center. In late January the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) filed an amicus, or "friend of the court," brief in the case.

The position of the AMA and MMS was based on their existing policies. In the amicus brief, they stated that "residents have a unique status as participants in graduate medical education programs and should have the right to negotiate as a group about legitimate issues relating to patient care and resident well-being, but they should not have the right to strike." However, both associations agreed that the educational concerns of the training institution . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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