title: As the pie shrinks, the table manners deteriorate.
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Gerkin
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013714:Tennessee