Patients as mercenaries?: The ethics of using financial incentives in the war on unhealthy behaviors

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 514-516

  Halpern, Scott D ^a,b,c   Bioethics, M ^a   Madison, Kristin M ^a,d,e   Volpp, Kevin G ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c Center for Bioethics   (United States)

^d Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

^e School of Law   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPENSATION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; LIFESTYLE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REWARD; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EMPLOYER HEALTH COSTS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REWARD; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 77949532221     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.871855     Document Type: Review

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