The prevailing view is that a physician can simultaneously husband economic resources to control health care costs and fulfill a doctor's traditional responsibility to put the patient first. I disagree.
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Hellman, S. The patient and the public good. Nat Med 1, 400–402 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0595-400
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