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Critical Points

* The physician's legal duty to the patient begins when the physician-patient relationship is formed.

* The physician-patient relationship can be formed through

* informal contacts, such as telephone calls.

* The physician's duty to the patient does not end until the physician-patient relationship is formally terminated.

* Contracts with third-party payers may reduce physicians' freedom to choose whom they will treat.

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