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- Title
Professional Self-regulation in a Changing World: Old Problems Need New Approaches.
- Authors
Baron, Richard J.
- Abstract
The article discusses professional self-regulation in the medical field, with a particular focus on the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). Details on historical changes in the medical profession and on criticism of the ABIM's Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program are presented. Other topics include the governance of the ABIM and cooperation between institutions, physicians, and patients.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HEALTH occupations licensing boards; INTERNAL medicine; SELF-regulation of industries; CERTIFICATION of physicians; MEDICINE; SOCIETIES; HISTORY of medicine
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2015, Vol 313, Issue 18, p1807
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2015.4060