title: Should patenting of surgical procedures and other medical techniques by physicians be banned?
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D018795:Device Approval / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007255:Information Services; D008004:Licensure; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017712:Peer Review, Research; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011643:Publishing; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States