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A Rededication to Excellence

George D. Lundberg, MD

JAMA. 1986;256(8):1038-1040.

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This is a JAMA theme issue on quality. It stems from our overriding current professional concern with preserving the quality of care for the sick. The issue was inspired by the tenor and achievements of the June 1986 Annual Meeting of the AMA, which reflect clearly the extraordinary active directions now being taken by organized medicine in the United States.

The tone of the meeting was struck early by outgoing President Harrison Rogers, MD, who, in a characteristically straight-to-the-point speech, summarized the intense activity of his year as official spokesman and listener for the Association. Urging the highest standards of quality of care, President Rogers has frequently emphasized that the golden age of medicine is ahead, not behind. He maintained that there is no longer any one best way to practice medicine but that competent, conscientious, and effective physicians practice equally well in many settings and in many practice arrangements. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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