Now there are 5, 000, according to the Society for Innovative Medical Practice Design, a professional society of concierge physicians.

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He was widely published and active in the field, serving as a member of the European Society of Cardiology committee for practice guidelines and as the chairperson of the ESC guidelines on pre-operative cardiac risk assessment and perioperative cardiac management in non-cardiac surgery.

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Because those in leadership roles have failed to define leadership in an acceptable fashion, society has allowed the practice of leadership to be commoditized, which in turn, has made it all too common for non-leaders to assume leadership positions thus continuing the devolution of leadership as a practice.

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The project aims to transform society through music, reflecting the idea that orchestral and choral practice gives children and youth important values and helps preserve them from the dangers of drugs and crime.

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The recall has been organised in accordance with the "Code of Practice" concerning vehicle safety issues drawn up by the Vehicle Inspectorate and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

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David Pruce, Director of Practice and Quality Improvement at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, said they supported the safety review.

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From a psychological standpoint, the practice fits in comfortably in a freewheeling, entrepreneurial society where money talks.

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McCafferty, a plastic surgeon in private practice in Pittsburgh and the president of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

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The philosophy behind it is called anthroposophy, "a source of spiritual knowledge and a practice of inner development, " according to The Anthroposophical Society in America.

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