title: Agency is messy: get used to it.
authors.affiliation: a Duke University.
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Ubel
mesh_terms: D016265:Conflict of Interest; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D028681:Moral Obligations; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D010820:Physicians / Q000941:ethics*; D011340:Problem Solving; D011634:Public Health; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics*