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To the Editor: In his Health Policy Report on managed care and mental health (Jan. 11 issue),¹ Iglehart inaccurately characterized my campaign for the presidency of the American Psychiatric Association. It was based on timehonored clinical and scientific values central to ethical medical practice, which place the sanctity of life before the sanctity of the dollar. I insisted that physicians have moral, ethical, and legal responsibilities to advocate, in the political and social spheres, for both the best patient care and excellent systems of care. My opponent, Steven Sharfstein, and I did not differ on these essentials. We differed on . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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