Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8712383 | Clinics in Dermatology | 2017 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Alliances are necessary for the development of individuals, institutions, and civilizations. Optimally, alliances provide benefits to their components; nevertheless, gains are not always symmetrical. Some alliances may prove detrimental or even lethal to some or all of the allies. I analyze some types of covenants using examples of history to provide a framework for drawing salient features of the alliance between the legal and the medical professions. This joint effort should be inherently beneficial to both; yet, particularly in the United States, the equilibrium is skewed against the medical profession. If it is not redressed, medicine and its specialties-in particular, dermatology-will go into a decline and wilt.
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Authors
Mauricio MD, PhD,