Is your doctor investing in health - or for wealth?
Article Abstract:
Physicians own shares in clinical laboratories, imaging centers and other medical care facilities. Joint venture medical facilities operate on a self-referral system. The ethics of medical self-referral and the quality of laboratory results should be questioned by patients.
Publisher: American Association of Retired Persons
Publication Name: Modern Maturity
Subject: Personal finance
ISSN: 0026-8046
Year: 1992
Standards, Evaluation, Physicians, Medical professions, Ethical aspects, Medical laboratories, Biomedical laboratories, Medical referral
Publication Name: Modern Maturity
Subject: Personal finance
ISSN: 0026-8046
Year: 1992
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Are trembling hands normal with aging?
Article Abstract:
Essential tremor (ET) affects about four million people, causing slight shaking of the hands or head. Many people dismiss the condition as a result of old age or nerves, but ET can be treated with drugs. The difference between ET and Parkinson's disease is discussed.
Publisher: American Association of Retired Persons
Publication Name: Modern Maturity
Subject: Personal finance
ISSN: 0026-8046
Year: 1993
Care and treatment, Tremor
Publication Name: Modern Maturity
Subject: Personal finance
ISSN: 0026-8046
Year: 1993
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