The Physician-Researcher's Dilemma.

At its most basic, the title of a medical doctor represents a commitment to engage with patients, helping and advising them to the best of one’s ability. When the physician also takes on the role of researcher, which responsibilities have the greater claim on his or her time? While the question of allocating time between the clinic and the laboratory can be personally stressful even in the best-equipped hospitals in the U.S., in settings of extreme physician shortage it becomes a stark moral dilemma—one that is only partially addressed by current ethical frameworks.