title: Medical director dilemmas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School and Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, Virginia 23507, USA. disaacma@chkd.com
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Isaacman
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Poirier
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bothner
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fitzmaurice
authors.forename: Naghma
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004647:Employee Discipline; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000941:ethics; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D017748:Time Management; D016526:Workload