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To the Editor: It is becoming increasingly common for physicians to invest in free-standing health care businesses to which they refer their patients but at which they do not practice. These arrangements, known as joint ventures, include a wide variety of diagnostic and therapeutic services; a salient example is centers offering magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Discussion of the appropriateness and ethics of these arrangements has been widespread. Opponents of this practice say that referring physicians have a direct conflict of interest when they are owners of businesses to which patients are referred. The main argument of proponents is that investment . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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