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1: J Neurosurg. 2001 Dec;95(6):927-32.Links

Give neurosurgery a place to stand. The 2001 presidential address.

Dunsker SB.

Division of Spinal Neurosurgery, Mayfield Clinic, USA. jneuro@virginia.edu

In his 2001 Presidential Address to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Dr. Dunsker calls on all neurosurgeons to become active participants in the ongoing debates over healthcare. He reviews some history of the debates and points out that regulation of healthcare has been left to bureaucrats-both government and private-with physicians, who have intimate knowledge of the field, being excluded. Dr. Dunsker encourages neurosurgeons to volunteer in local, state, and federal medical societies and to join forces with other physicians to gain leverage in the healthcare debate. In this manner it is hoped that better ways of delivering the best healthcare to patients can be accomplished.

PMID: 11765836 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]