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M R Callahan

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Physician recruitment: guidelines for a safer tomorrow.

As hospitals are challenged to recruit and retain qualified medical staff, they must continually consider the legal ramifications of their actions. Developing a physician-hospital alliance may conceptually be an excellent idea within a medical-service area, but rulings by the Office of the Inspector General and the Internal Revenue Service can challenge the decisions of hospital administrators and boards. Writing for the National Institute of Physician Recruitment and Retention, Roger G. Bonds and Michael R. Callahan address legal ramifications of physician-hospital alliances.

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Prepping for Patient Self-Determination Act.

Dec. 1 is the effective date of the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990, which requires all healthcare institutions to provide information to patients on living wills, durable powers of attorney and other "advance directives" governing the extent to which life-sustaining treatment should be administered. Healthcare attorney Michael R. Callahan capsulizes the law's requirements and tells how to meet the deadline.

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