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

• 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