Gag Clause

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Gag Clause

A provision that may be incorporated in a physician’s contract with managed care organizations, which prevents him from being open with his patients about the terms of the patient’s coverage and therapeutic options

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clause Patient Right to Know Act Verbal Gag Order			But within the research contract there is usually a gag clause that prevents the researcher from spilling the beans if the results are bad--as Betty Dong found out to her great cost. Case studies of Big Pharma's sharp practice: gag the messenger by New Internationalist The lawsuits also allege that HMOs impose gag clauses and conditions that penalize physicians who discuss certain treatment alternatives with their patients, along with limiting access to specialists. HMOS FACING SUITS; ATTORNEY CLAIMS `PATTERN OF PAIN' EXISTS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Gag clauses were part of the discussion at three informal public hearings on managed care in New Jersey where HMO rules are being overhauled. Mum is not the word by Tobler, Laura / State Legislatures			g.c G1 G1 period G1 phase G2 G2 period G2 phase G6PD G6PD deficiency Ga GABA GABA-alpha GABAergic gabapentin gabexate GABHS GAD gad fly Gadd technique gadding gadolinium gadopentetate dimeglumine Gaertner's canal GAF gag Gag Clause gag gene gag reflex Gag Rule Gage excavator Gage knife gagging GAGs Gaia Hypothesis Gaigeria Gail model gain gain-of-function mutation gait gait analysis Gait Assessment Rating Scale gait assistive device gait control gait determinant gait disorder gaited Gajdusek Gal GAL virus gal. galact(o)-			GAFSO GAFT GAFTA GAFTA GAFTAC GAFTAG GAFTIR Gaftoni GAFTT Gafur Guliam Gafur Iunusovich Kulakhmetov Gafur Kulakhmetov Gafuri, Mazhit Gafuri, Mazhit Nurganievich Gafurov Gafurov, Abutalib Gafurov, Abutalib Gafurovich Gafurov, Bobodzhan Gafurov, Bobodzhan Gafurovich GAFUSC gag gag gag gag gag gag gag (2) reflex gag (2) reflex gag (2) reflex gag (2) reflex Gag Clause gag gene gag law gag law gag line Gag Liquid Chromatography and Electron Capture Detection Gag Me with a Spoon gag on gag order gag order gag process gag reflex gag reflex gag reflex gag reflex Gag rein Gag resolution Gag resolution Gag resolution Gag resolution gag rule gag rule gag rule gag rule gag rules Gag runner Gag Writer Gag Writers gag-bit gag-toothed gaga

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