title: Do physicians have a duty to treat Medicare patients?
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center, Program on Humanities and Technology in Health Care, Houston 77225.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Reiser
mesh_terms: D032982:Contracts; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D035082:Federal Government; D033161:Government Regulation; D015442:Medicare Assignment; D028681:Moral Obligations; D018579:Patient Selection; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D016079:Refusal to Treat; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States