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Article: State sleep societies: the power of many: from its humble beginning, the Kansas Association of Sleep Professionals has become an education and advocacy powerhouse for sleep medicine in Kansas.
- Article from:
- Sleep Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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As the science and technology of sleep medicine have changed and evolved, so has the political climate of sleep medicine. A struggle for recognition and control of our profession within the medical community has taken the stage in some state capitol buildings as a number of quiet, dedicated sleep professionals have found themselves under attack, in a battle to preserve their scope of practice and even their jobs.
The need for professionals in sleep medicine to band together for mutual support in this scramble for recognition has never been greater. The relatively small number of sleep technologists, compared to other health care ...