Riddick F A, Hartfield J E
Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, LA.
Physician Exec. 1990 Mar-Apr;16(2):38-9.
The American Medical Association enters the '90s at a peak of its power and influence. Its recovery from the institutional doldrums of the mid-1970s is now complete. The surprise resignation of Executive Vice President James Sammons, MD, following the Interim Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates could position the AMA for further changes and for an increasingly influential voice in health care policy making. The College Delegate and Alternate Delegate to the AMA House report on the December 1989 meeting.
美国医学协会在20世纪90年代初达到了其权力和影响力的顶峰。它已彻底摆脱了20世纪70年代中期的机构低迷状态。在医学协会代表大会临时会议之后,执行副总裁詹姆斯·萨蒙斯医学博士意外辞职,这可能使医学协会做出进一步改变,并在医疗保健政策制定方面发出更具影响力的声音。学院代表和医学协会代表大会候补代表汇报了1989年12月会议的情况。