Perspective

Health Care’s Identity Crisis—Is Medicine Still a Profession?

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2026.17994

September 29, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Perspective discusses the misalignment physicians face between their professionalism-based values and the conditions of practice that are influenced by pressures from market, managerial, and platform logics, and offers suggestions to align practice conditions and professional identity.

Corresponding Author: Adam P. Sawatsky, MD, MS, Division of General Internal Medicine, Gonda 17, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55901 (sawatsky.adam@mayo.edu).

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