title: Cost containment and the physician's ethical obligations.
abstract: The chairman of the American Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs evaluates the ethical relationship between physicians and payers, and cautions that physicians must use great restraint and diligence to maintain professionalism in an environment of cost constraints.
authors: Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, American Medical Association.
authors: R J
authors: RJ
authors: McMurray
mesh_terms: D016265:Conflict of Interest; D003363:Cost Control / Q000592:standards; D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014481:United States