It's Not Just About Us It's About the Patients

• Published in: Vital speeches of the day Vol. 75; no. 2; p. 91
• Main Author: Nielsen, Nancy H
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago Pro Rhetoric, LLC 01-02-2009
• Subjects: Nielsen, Nancy H; Patient safety; Physicians; Professional practice; United States > US
• ISSN: 0042-742X

A speech titled American Doctors Stand Ready to Help by Nancy H. Nielsen, president, American Medical Association, delivered to the AMA Interim Meeting, Marriott Orlando World Center, Orlando, FL, Nov 8, 2008, is presented. Don't think that the current economic crisis will take the spotlight away from health care or that the global financial meltdown will make it impossible for reform to occur. In many countries, when people are scared, they turn to government for protection. Even though many do not trust Washington politics, they may see it as their only option. There is great concern in the US. Physicians must build a bridge to a health care system that serves Americans more justly. Every day and every night, physicians across this land offer heroic service to individual patients. It's time to bring the best of themselves to the nation.