The Mission of the
Stark County Medical Society

The purpose of the Stark County Medical Society
is to serve its members by:

• Acting as a strong physician advocate within the boundaries of professional integrity, while recognizing and representing the diversity within the medical community;
• Recognizing the health care needs of the community and acting as a patient advocate in response to those needs;
• Providing services that meet the professional needs and interests of the physician community;
• Promoting the positions of the profession and the Society to the public;
• Taking a leadership role in informing the community about health issues;
• Preserving the professionalism in medicine;
• Promoting American ideals of the patient-physician relationship;

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