title: The tax code at the bedside.
abstract: Last June, Washington's Heritage Foundation sponsored a symposium called ¿Restoring the Doctor-Patient Relationship: The Challenge of Third-Party Payment and Government Regulation.¿ This article, adapted from those proceedings, argues that tax fairness and choice are critical underpinnings of ethical medicine in the managed care era.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Moffit
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vigilante
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahkorn
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000592:standards*; D010358:Patient Participation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D014481:United States