Two cheers for physicians' conflicts of interest

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 236-242

  Stell, Lance K ^a,b  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Conflict of interest; Fees; Fiduciary responsibility; HIPAA; Physician patients relationship; Professional journals; Trust

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ARTICLE; FORGERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; REIMBURSEMENT; RESPONSIBILITY;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEES, MEDICAL; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PERIODICALS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644287942     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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