<i>A Physician Charter</i>: The 10th Anniversary
Authors: Christine K. Cassel, Virginia Hood, Werner Bauer
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2012)

Ideas and Opinions21 August 2012A Physician Charter: The 10th AnniversaryChristine K. Cassel, MD, Virginia Hood, MBBS, MPH, and Werner Bauer, MDChristine K. Cassel, MDFrom the American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont; and Swiss Institute of Medical Education, Bern, Switzerland.Search for more papers by this author, Virginia Hood, MBBS, MPHFrom the American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont; and Swiss Institute of Medical Education, Bern, Switzerland.Search for more papers by this author, and Werner Bauer, MDFrom the American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont; and Swiss Institute of Medical Education, Bern, Switzerland.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-157-4-201208210-00012 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail In February 2002, the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the American College of Physicians Foundation, and the European Federation of Internal Medicine launched a major effort to define medical professionalism for the 21st century with the publication of Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician Charter(1). 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Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From the American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont; and Swiss Institute of Medical Education, Bern, Switzerland.Acknowledgment: The authors thank Steven Weinberger, MD, and Timothy Lynch, JD, for their assistance in writing this article.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M12-0157.Corresponding Author: Christine K. Cassel, MD, American Board of Internal Medicine, 510 Walnut Street, Suite 1700, Philadelphia, PA 19106; e-mail, [email protected].Current Author Addresses: Dr. Cassel: American Board of Internal Medicine, 510 Walnut Street, Suite 1700, Philadelphia, PA 19106.Ms. Hood: University of Vermont, Fletcher Allen Health Care, 1 South Prospect Street, Burlington, VT 05401.Dr. Bauer: Kohlrainstrasse 1, CH-8700 Küsnacht, Switzerland.Author Contributions: Conception and design: C.K. Cassel, W. Bauer.Drafting of the article: C.K. Cassel.Critical revision of the article for important intellectual content: V. Hood, W. Bauer.Final approval of the article: V. Hood, W. Bauer. 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