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System Citizenship: Re-Envisioning the Physician Role as Part of the Sixth Wave of Professionalism

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      • The physician role must evolve to meet the needs of the 21st century healthcare system.
      • The physician role should embrace system citizenship, the idea that physicians diagnose and treat the system as they do individual patients.
      • In order for physicians to embrace system citizenship, healthcare systems need to be willing to support physicians in that work.

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