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Serving two masters: conflicts in practice.

T R Harris
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Accustomed to putting patients' needs first, internists now face daily pressure to contain health care costs. With a view from the trenches, a practicing internist and former ASIM president enumerates the dilemmas physicians confront in trying to serve patients and payers.

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T R Harris. 1991. Serving two masters: conflicts in practice.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10111362/

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