A basic concept in the clinical ethics of managed care: Physicians and institutions as economically disciplined moral co-fiduciaries of populations of patients

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-97

  McCullough, Laurence B ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical ethics; Fiduciary; Managed care; Population based medicine; Trust

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW;

ACCOUNTABILITY; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS; AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; AUTONOMY; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CONTRACTS; COSTS AND BENEFITS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INCENTIVES; JUSTICE; MORAL POLICY; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; REMUNERATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRENDS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

BENEFICENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONTRACTS; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032946294     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.24.1.77.2541     Document Type: Review

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