At the heart of ethics in medicine is a solid physician-patient relationship. Managed care has
operated to undercut this relationship. Rather than blaming managed care, however, one …

The increased competition for a share of the market of insured patients, which arose in the
wake of failed comprehensive health care reform, has provoked questions about what, if …

The authors review the principle features of the managed care system in an effort to
understand the ethical assumptions inherent in managed care. The interrelationships …

Very little is known about physicians' perceptions of ethical issues in managed care. This
article reports physicians' perceptions of ethical problems in managed-care medical practice …

In their article, Steven Miles and Robert Koepp make a number of suggestions concerning
both the genesis and content of the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs' report entitled …

In their examination of one possible use of outcomes research to direct the care provided to
patients enrolled in Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), Chervenak and McCullough …

OR SHOULD IT BE REPLACED BY A GROUP ETHIC? Page 1 ETHICAL ISSUES IN
MANAGED CARE: CAN THE TRADITIONAL PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP BE …

Changes in the way that health care is perceived, delivered, and financed have occurred
rapidly in a relatively short time span. The 50-year period since World War II encompasses …

Managed care represents a profound transformation in the architecture and process of
health care delivery. Whether motivated by the economics of health care and the widely …

In his article, Fielder highlights a critical concern about this country's transition to managed
care: Will healthcare plans stifle physicians when the physicians' legitimate efforts to protect …