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  1. C. Seth Landefeld MD (Senior Research Associate)

    Present address: Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development Service, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  1. the VAMC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Peter A. Ubel MD

  2. the Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Peter A. Ubel MD & Susan W. Tolle MD

  3. the Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Peter A. Ubel MD

  4. the Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Robert M. Arnold MD

  5. the Center for Medical Ethics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Robert M. Arnold MD

  6. the Indiana University School of Medicine, USA

    Gregory P. Gramelspacher MD & William Tierney MD

  7. the Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indianapolis, Indiana

    Gregory P. Gramelspacher MD & William Tierney MD

  8. the Division of General Internal Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

    Ruth B. Hoppe MD

  9. the VAMC, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

    C. Seth Landefeld MD (Senior Research Associate)

  10. the Division of General Internal Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

    C. Seth Landefeld MD (Senior Research Associate)

  11. the Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital, USA

    Wendy Levinson MD

  12. the Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon

    Wendy Levinson MD

  13. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana

    William Tierney MD

  14. the Center for Ethics and Health Care, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon

    Susan W. Tolle MD

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Ubel, P.A., Arnold, R.M., Gramelspacher, G.P. et al. Acceptance of external funds by physician organizations. J Gen Intern Med 10, 624–630 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02602746

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