背景:纵观历史,整形外科医生提倡保护专业和更好地照顾病人。无论是通过努力支持和推动立法通过国会,还是通过游说反对立法的预防性宣传,整形外科医生经常利用他们在政治领域的专业知识来塑造病人护理。我们希望激励当前和未来的整形外科医生积极参与政治活动,并设计出在立法系统中利用他们的专业知识来更好地照顾患者的方法。
方法:以下手稿重点介绍了联邦政府内整形外科医生主导倡导的四个历史例子:《美国易燃织物法案》,ASPRS和联邦贸易委员会-1979,妇女健康和癌症权利法案,和乳腺癌患者教育法。
结果:我们希望整形外科医生会像Crikelair博士一样,Wider博士,和ASPS/ASPRS的成员-继续在塑造我们的专业和最终我们的患者的立法体系中发挥积极作用。
结论:为了确保为患者提供最佳护理,整形外科医生必须继续保持与公共卫生、法律专业人员和立法者的关系。通过与患者的关系和对他们故事的坚定理解,整形外科医生可以在所有地方产生巨大的影响,state,和国家政治领域。
Throughout history, plastic surgeons have advocated for the protection of the specialty and for better care for their patients. Whether through efforts to support and move legislation through Congress or through preventative advocacy in the form of lobbying against legislation, plastic surgeons have often used their expertise in the political sphere to shape patient care. We hope to inspire current and future plastic surgeons to be politically active and to devise ways in which their expertise can be used within the legislative system to better care for their patients.
This article highlights four historical examples of plastic surgeon-led advocacy within the federal government: the U.S. Flammable Fabrics Act; the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons and the Federal Trade Commission, 1979; the Women\'s Health and Cancer Rights Act; and the Breast Cancer Patient Education Act.
We hope that plastic surgeons will-like Dr. Crikelair, Dr. Wider, and the members of American Society of Plastic Surgeons/American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons-continue to play an active role in the shaping of the legislative system for our profession and, ultimately, our patients.
To ensure the best care for their patients, plastic surgeons must continue to maintain their relationship with public health and legal professionals and legislators. Through relationships with patients and a firm understanding of their stories, plastic surgeons can have great impacts in all local, state, and national political spheres.