Time for medicine, public health to join forces

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Speakers at the National Congress of the Medicine/Public Health Initiative, held Mar 1-3, 1996, said that the time for the medical and public-health communities to begin working together has arrived. Former surgeon general C. Everett Koop said that the fiscal constraints facing both sectors make collaboration necessary. The American Medical Assn's M. Roy Schwartz said that other factors, such as behavioral-disease epidemics and worry over access to healthcare, are also driving the sectors together.

Speeches, lectures and essays

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Unconventional appointment

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Alaska Gov Walter Hickel has appointed controversial alternative medicine practitioner Robert Jay Rowen, MD, to the Alaska state medical board for four years. The state, which has a law prohibiting disciplinary action against doctors who practice unconventional medicine, is developing a reputation for tolerating unusual medical practices. The Alaska State Medical Association opposes the appointment, and at least one medical board member has resigned in protest.

Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Personalities, Alternative medicine, Rowen, Robert Jay

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Managed care fears consume rural health conference

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The National Rural Health Association is considering the potential impact of managed care in rural areas. Rural health advocates believe that managed care can benefit rural populations by providing financial assistance and eliminating shortages of primary care physicians. However, many rural areas believe that urban health maintenance organizations are not willing to accomodate the unique health care needs of rural communities.

Management, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Demographic aspects, Managed care plans (Medical care), Rural health, National Rural Health Association

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