title: Medicine as a profession--back to basics: preserving the physician-patient relationship in a challenging medical marketplace.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
authors.forename: Eric B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D004470:Economics, Medical / Q000639:trends; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D007357:Insurance, Physician Services; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States