What can we learn from baseball’s steroid scandal?

Gary M. Reisfield, MD; George R. Wilson, MD

doi:10.5055/jom.2005.0051

Authors

Gary M. Reisfield, MD
George R. Wilson, MD

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5055/jom.2005.0051

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Author Biographies

Gary M. Reisfield, MD

Assistant Professor and Director, Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida Health Science Center–Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida.

George R. Wilson, MD

Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida Health Science Center– Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida.

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