The American Medical Association

question 48

Multiple Choice

The American Medical Association:

• A) is a member-run organization.
• B) creates, maintains, legitimizes, and controls medicine in the United States.
• C) really has had a hands-off approach to medicine, while corporations have had more say.
• D) really has had a hands-off approach to medicine, while the government has had more say.
• E) is a complicated organization with a long history of social policy advocacy around improving health for all Americans regardless of social class, racial or ethnic group, or gender.

Appreciate the importance of coping with uncertainty as a source of power within organizations.

Understand the basic components and importance of effective communication in organizations.

Recognize the significance of the encoding and decoding processes in the communication model.

Identify the role of technology in modern organizational communication.

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