The performance of doctors: the new professionalism
The LancetPublished 1 April 1999
Donald Irvine
Citations149
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SNIP22.72
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Abstract
An important revolution is under way in UK medicine. Concerted efforts are being made to find "a modern expression of our professionalism', 1 Irvine D The performance of doctors I: professionalism and self-regulation in a changing world. BMJ. 1997; 314: 1540-1542 Crossref PubMed Scopus (127) Google Scholar which, if successful, should bring the public and the medical profession closer together.
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