Ethics of managed care: clinical and administrative implications for medical group practices
Philip, D.J.
College Review 14(1): 61-80
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0742-8057 PMID: 10182669 Document Number: 475102
This professional paper reviews several current ethical dilemmas: situations that may compromise the patient's dignity; a social thrust towards "universal" care that has left providers in a no-man's land of "to treat or not to treat" decisions; financial models which reduce available services, or that directly incentivize practices to withhold care. Behind each of these issues are values that managers must consider if they are to protect and improve the quality of health care.