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A Doctrine in Name Only - Strengthening Prohibitions against the Corporate Practice of Medicine

  • 0From the Division of General Internal Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (J.M.Z.); Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA (H.R.-L.); and the Center for Law, Health, and Society, Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta (E.F.B.).
The New England Journal of Medicine +

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September 11, 2023

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