Resident Physicians Turn To Strikes and Unions

Health Affairs' Michael Gerber and Jessica Bylander discuss the
end of the strike by resident physicians at Elmhurst Hospital in
New York City and the recent trend of unionization among health
care workers, including resident physicians, plus other efforts
to secure health care worker rights across the country.


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