title: Serving two masters: conflicts in practice.
abstract: 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.
authors: Council on Medical Service, American Medical Association.
authors: T R
authors: TR
authors: Harris
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee; D003363:Cost Control / Q000592:standards; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005251:Fees, Medical; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D010819:Physician's Role; D016079:Refusal to Treat; D014481:United States