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November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the ethical responsibility of physicians to their patients when patients' health care decisions are influenced by financial considerations. As consumer-directed health care increases the amount of money patients pay out of pocket for medical services, new responsibilities emerge for physicians.
July 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Justice is central to the mission of public health, but what does social justice require for the public's health? The account of justice here stresses the fair disbursement of common advantages and the sharing of common burdens. It captures the twin ...
July 1, 2005 | Program Result
From 2001 to 2003, a California-based research group, the Institute for the Future, used two exploratory grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to assess health care decision-makers' knowledge about new discoveries in genetics and to develop two proposals for a major educational initiative to inform health care leaders about the new discoveries, their clinical applications and the legal and ethical issues surrounding them. In 2002, RWJF turned down the two proposals partly bec...
December 1, 2005 | Program Result
Randall Baldwin Clark at the University of Virginia Law School Foundation, Charlottesville, Va., finished and disseminated his book, The Law Most Beautiful and Best: Medical Argument and Magical Rhetoric in Plato's Laws.
November 19, 2010 | Program Result
The Institute of Medicine convened an expert committee that developed principles and recommendations on preventing conflicts of interest and threats to objectivity in medical research, education and practice stemming from industry funding.
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This legal analysis evaluates whether consumerism and mandated disclosure of information can provide a viable mechanism to improve health care quality and lower costs.