title: Organized doctors. Unionization of physicians a small but significant force as relationships with hospitals change.
abstract: The number of unionized physicians is still small, but those doctors are becoming a force to be reckoned with as organizing continues to grow and the fledgling union formed by the American Medical Association becomes more established. "The state of the unions in healthcare is excellent," says Barry Liebowitz, M.D., (left) president of the Doctors Council, which represents 16,000 physicians nationally.
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authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000574:American Medical Association; D003098:Collective Bargaining; D004651:Employment; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D007750:Labor Unions / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D010820:Physicians / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States