Alliances: fair or lethal

Alliances are necessary for the development of individuals, institutions, and civilizations. Optimally, alliances provide benefits to their components; nevertheless, gains are not always symmetrical. Some alliances may prove detrimental or even lethal to some or all of the allies. I analyze some types of covenants using examples of history to provide a framework for drawing salient features of the alliance between the legal and the medical professions. This joint effort should be inherently beneficial to both; yet, particularly in the United States, the equilibrium is skewed against the medical profession.
Source: Clinics in Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Tags: Clio DermatologicaEdited by Mauricio Goihman-Yahr, MD, PhD Source Type: research