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I share Dr Philip Catalano's sentiments expressed in the editorial "Banish the Restrictive Covenant!"¹ In addition, I would like to add to the list of contract items for physicians to shun, lest they discover themselves trapped in a "master-serf relationship."¹

Like Dr Catalano (but following residency training and wishing to join an established practice), I too found a pleasant community in which to live happily with my family. I negotiated a position with a prominent regional practice network. With what I believed to be appropriate assurance, I accepted the standard contract specifying a 15-mile restrictive covenant around the primary office as well as permissible termination with or without cause and without prior notice.

All went well for the first 2 years, and I was then unanimously voted to shareholder status. Due to "delays," I did not receive the anticipated third-year partnership contract until a few weeks after the prior contract . . . [Full Text of this Article]