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Professional organization of physicians: Balancing the cost-quality equation. An introduction

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Dyer, A.R. Professional organization of physicians: Balancing the cost-quality equation. An introduction. Theor Med Bioeth 10, 185–193 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00489437

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