Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-07T12:17:30 RDF description of Understanding the politics of being a team physician - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn23616 Sports 2 26 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 Physicians Physician-Patient Relations Clinics in Sports Medicine 17757 10.1016/j.csm.2006.12.002 public <p>The team physician landscape is littered with political land mines. In the high-stakes world of professional sports, the politics of each encounter and medical decision--from figuring out how to get hired, to setting up a communication chain of command, to treating visiting players, to fending off the media--must be identified, assessed, and resolved. Key information must be communicated according to the expectations and unique personalities of each owner, general manager, coach, trainer, and athlete. The best team physicians manage relationships, competing agendas, and politically charged circumstances as adeptly as they wield a scalpel.<p> Understanding the politics of being a team physician Quality of Health Care Occupational Health 29934 Comparative Studies document-rn23616