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AMA speaks up
It’s tough out there for the American Medical Association. It risks drawing undue attention to doctors when speaking out forcefully against administration policies that diverge from medical consensus. But many AMA members fear that “quiet advocacy” isn’t working either, and it runs the risk of making doctors look complacent.
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