Managing conflicts of interest in clinical care: The race to the middle at U.S. medical schools

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1464-1470

  Chimonas, Susan ^a   Evarts, Susanna D ^a   Littlehale, Sarah K ^a   Rothman, David J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 84885177336     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182a2e204     Document Type: Article

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