No appointment necessary? Ethical challenges in treating friends and family.

N Engl J Med

From the Departments of Family Medicine (K.J.G.), Obstetrics and Gynecology (K.J.G., E.B.G.), Compliance (L.H.K.), Anesthesia (S.W.), Spiritual Care (T.G.B.), and Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases (K.L.M.) and the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (E.B.G., K.L.M.), University of Michigan, and the University of Michigan Law School (E.B.G.) - all in Ann Arbor.

Published: September 2014

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