Ackerman Symposium on Medicine and Culture - Professional Values in the Age of Consumer Medicine

Date: 

Fri - Sat, Apr 23 to Apr 24, 8:45am - 12:00pm

Location: 

Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School, 77 Ave Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115

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Roundtable Topics

  • The Rise of Consumer Medicine: History and Implications
  • The Consumer's Role in Contemporary Medicine
  • The Physician's Position in the Age of Consumerism
  • Quality of Care in the Age of Consumer Medicine
  • Consumer Medicine from a Consumer's Perspective
  • The Healthcare Industry in Medicine's Consumer Age
  • Medical Culture and Politics in the Age of Consumerism

April 23-24, 2004

The Conference Center at Harvard Medical School

See also: 2004