Are surgeons ethically obligated to treat Medicare patients despite substantial reductions in reimbursement? Introduction

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Jan;145(1):37. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.09.067. Epub 2012 Oct 23.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Introductory Journal Article
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / economics
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / ethics*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Conflict of Interest
  • Government Regulation
  • Health Policy / economics
  • Hippocratic Oath
  • Humans
  • Income
  • Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / economics
  • Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / ethics*
  • Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Medicare / economics
  • Medicare / ethics*
  • Medicare / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Moral Obligations*
  • Physicians / economics
  • Physicians / ethics*
  • Physicians / legislation & jurisprudence
  • United States