title: Awareness of the past, persistence in the present, hope for the future.
authors.affiliation: Kentucky Medical Association, USA.
authors.forename: J Gregory
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends*; D035082:Federal Government; D033161:Government Regulation; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D016365:Liability, Legal; D006278:Medicare / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States