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  • Physicians should be active in civic engagement and can have an active political life.

  • Multiple routes of political involvement can range from small tasks to large career changes.

  • Physicians can have high impact in advocacy because they are well-respected; however, learning the art of politics can make them even more effective.

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  1. Gallup Poll. 5 Mar 2010. http://www.gallup.com/poll/126338/obama-retains-trust-congress-healthcare.aspx. Accessed 20 Jul 2010.

  2. AMPAC/Marketscope Research on Physician-Candidates. Internal documents from American Medical Association. 3 Jun 2008.

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  5. Federal Elections Commission. http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/disclosure_data_search.shtml. Accessed 22 Apr 2011.

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The author would like to acknowledge and thank Jim Wilson, PhD. from the American Medical Association for many of the resources and references used in writing this chapter.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Alexander Ding MD, MS

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  1. Harvard Medical School, Director, Hosp Procedural Sedation Mgmt, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, BOSTON, 02115, Massachusetts, USA

    Richard D. Urman

  2. Assistant Professor of Biomed Informatic, Director, Center for EB Anesthesia, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, 37212, Tennessee, USA

    Jesse M. Ehrenfeld

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Ding, A. (2012). Politics and Legislative Advocacy. In: Urman, R., Ehrenfeld, J. (eds) Physicians’ Pathways to Non-Traditional Careers and Leadership Opportunities. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0551-1_21

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