Reflections on the differences between academic medicine and private practice
Received 11 February 2005; received in revised form 11 February 2005; accepted 11 February 2005.
There is agreement that assimilating assisted reproductive technology into academic reproductive endocrinology and infertility has been problematic. Having made the transition from academics to private practice, the author reflects on the attributes and deficiencies of both settings. Both groups of physicians should feel compelled to further define and solve the problem.
Seattle Reproductive Medicine, Seattle, Washington
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