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Symposium: Heroes—or just doing their job?
Are doctors altruistic?
- Correspondence to: Dr Lainie Friedman Ross, Department of Pediatrics and MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 6098, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; lross{at}uchicago.edu
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Are doctors altruistic?
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- Accepted July 11, 2001
- Revised July 6, 2001
- First published April 1, 2002.
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April 01, 2002
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