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Research: JOHNSON AND BORDINAT D
Listed in Issue 41
Abstract
JOHNSON AND BORDINAT Department of Family and Community Medicine, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing 48824-1316 USA have been professionally associated with osteopathic medicine since 1972 and they have observed the processes whereby trainees and osteopathic physicians inculcate their unique professional identity.
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Conclusion
If the current de-emphasis of these identifying characteristics continues, little more than a name will distinguish osteopathic medicine from the allopathic medical profession.
References
Johnson SM and Bordinat D. Professional identity: key to the future of the osteopathic medical profession in the United States J Am Osteopath Assoc 98(6): 325-31 Jun 1998.