title: Honesty is an internal norm of medical practice and the best policy.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. thuddle@uab.edu
authors.forename: Thomas S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Huddle
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D008192:Deception; D028663:Ethical Theory; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005607:Fraud; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D008499:Medical Records; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D010820:Physicians / Q000941:ethics*; D012941:Social Responsibility