The commodification of medical and health care: The moral consequences of a paradigm shift from a professional to a market ethic

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-266

  Pellegrino, Edmund D ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodification; Economics; Ethics; Ethos; Health care; Human good; Managed care; Marketplace; Physician patient relationship; Professional ethics

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MANAGED CARE; MARKET; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BODY PARTS AND FLUIDS; BUSINESS ETHICS; COMMODIFICATION; COMMON GOOD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INCENTIVES; INDIGENTS; JUSTICE; LIBERTARIANISM; OBLIGATIONS OF SOCIETY; RIGHTS; UNITED STATES;

BENEFICENCE; CAPITALISM; COMMERCE; COMMODIFICATION; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ETHICS; ETHICS, BUSINESS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032847663     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.24.3.243.2523     Document Type: Review

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