title: Irreconcilable differences: why the doctor-patient relationship is disintegrating at the hands of health maintenance organizations and Wall Street.
authors.affiliation: Hiepler & Hiepler, Oxnard, CA, USA.
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Hiepler
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D019461:Employee Retirement Income Security Act; D006269:Health Facilities, Proprietary; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D007449:Investments / Q000191:economics; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans / Q000191:economics; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D020414:Risk Sharing, Financial; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review