title: 2001 presidential address.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Alpern
mesh_terms: D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006801:Humans; D009398:Nephrology / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States