Research ArticleArticle
Future of Board Certification in a New Era of Public Accountability
Kevin B. Weiss
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine March 2010, 23 (Supplement) S32-S39; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.S1.090283

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Future of Board Certification in a New Era of Public Accountability
Kevin B. Weiss
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Mar 2010, 23 (Supplement) S32-S39; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.S1.090283
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- Evolution of Board Certification and Professional Self-Regulation in the United States
- The Public's and Marketplace's Needs for Health System and Physician Accountability
- The Response to the Emerging Public and Marketplace Need for Health System and Professional Accountability
- The Public Demand for More Information
- 2010: National Health Care Reform and Physician Accountability
- The Future of Professional Self-Regulation and Voluntary Board Certification in Light of the Emerging Public and Market Drive for Increased Physician Accountability
- The Future of Board Certification in the United States
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