Ethical Issues in Managed Care

This selected bibliography supplements and updates Scope Note 31 “Managed Health Care: New Ethical Issues for All,” which appeared in the June 1996 issue of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 6 (2): 189–207. The citations, which represent literature from 1996 and 1997, have been selected from BIOETHICSLINE, the electronic database prepared at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics for the National Library of Medicine’s MEDLARS system.

Angell, Marcia, and Kassirer, Jerome P. Quality and the Medical Marketplace—Following Elephants. [Editorial]. New England Journal of Medicine 335 (19 September 1996): 883–85.

Balint, John, and Shelton, Wayne. Regaining the Initiative: Forging a New Model of the Patient-Physician Relationship. JAMA 275 (20 March 1996): 887–91.

Bell, Howard. Managed Care Ethics: a Delicate Balance. Minnesota Medicine 79 (June 1996): 10–16.

Berkowitz, Eric N. The Evolving Health Care Marketplace: How Important Is the Patient? Bioethics Forum 12 (Summer 1996): 40–44.

Bernardin, Joseph. Managing Managed Care. Origins 26 (30 May 1996): 21–26.

Biblo, Joan D.; Christopher, Myra J.; Johnson, Linda; and Potter, Robert Lyman. Ethical Issues in Managed Care: Guidelines for Clinicians and Recommendations to Accrediting Organizations. Bioethics Forum 12 (Spring 1996): MC/1–MC/24.

Bodenheimer, Thomas. The HMO Backlash—Righteous or Reactionary? New England Journal of Medicine 335 (21 November 1996): 1601–4.

Brody, Howard. Edmund D. Pellegrino’s Philosophy of Family Practice. Theoretical Medicine. 18 (March–June 1997): 7–20.

Boozang, Kathleen M. Developing Public Policy for Sectarian Providers: Accommodating Religious Beliefs and Obtaining Access to Care. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 24 (Summer 1996): 90–98.

Brodeur, Dennis. Choice, Managed Care, and the Ethics Committee. Issues: A Critical Examination of Contemporary Ethical Issues in Health Care 11 (July–August 1996): 1–8.

Byron, William J. Catholic Health Care: Partnering and Progress. America 175 (28 September 1996): 16–21.

Capron, Alexander Morgan. Between Doctor and Patient. Hastings Center Report 26 (September–October 1996): 23–24.

Cassel, Christine K. The Patient-Physician Covenant: An Affirmation of Asklepios. [Editorial]. Annals of Internal Medicine 124 (15 March 1996): 604–6.

Christensen, Kate T. Physicians and Managed Care: Employees or Professionals? Bioethics Forum 12 (Spring 1996): 17–20.

Churchill, Larry R. “Damaged Humanity”: The Call for a Patient-Centered Medical Ethic in the Managed Care Era. Theoretical Medicine 18 (March–June 1997): 113–26.

Churchill, Larry R. Whose Good? Rethinking Beneficence in the Era of Managed Care. Clinical Ethics Report 10 (Spring/Summer 1996): 1–8.

Cushman, Reid. Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security Issues for Electronic Health Care Information. In: BioLaw: A Legal and Ethical Reporter on Medicine, Health Care, and Bioengineering, Special Sections 2 (2–3): S:1–S:25. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, February–March 1996.

Daniels, Norman. National Health-Care Reform. In: Medical Ethics, 2d ed., ed. Robert M. Veatch, pp. 415–41. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 1997.

Davis, Dena S. Legal Trends in Bioethics. Journal of Clinical Ethics 7 (Spring 1996): 90–94.

DeGrazia, David. Why the United States Should Adopt a Single-Payer System of Health Care Finance. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 6 (June 1996): 145–60.

Eleazer, G. Paul; Hornung, Carlton A.; Egbert, Carolyn B.; et al. The Relationship Between Ethnicity and Advance Directives in a Frail Older Population. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 44 (August 1996): 938–43.

Ellwood, Paul M., and Lundberg, George D. Managed Care: a Work in Progress. [Editorial]. JAMA 276 (2 October 1996): 1083–86.

Emanuel, Ezekiel J., and Emanuel, Linda L. What Is Accountability in Health Care? Annals of Internal Medicine 124 (15 January 1996): 229–39.

Emanuel, Linda L. Professional Standards in Health Care: Calling All Parties to Account. [Commentary]. Health Affairs 16 (January–February 1997): 52–54.

Felder, Michael. Can Ethics Committees Work in Managed Care Plans? Bioethics Forum 12 (Spring 1996): 10–15.

Ferber, Joel D. Auto-Assignment and Enrollment in Medicaid Managed Care Programs. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 24 (Summer 1996): 99–107.

Firshein, Jane. Us Doctors Fight Gag Clauses in Contracts. [News].Lancet 347 (8994, 13 January 1996): 113.

Flanigan, Rosemary. The Dilemma of the Medical Director for AAA Managed Care Plan. [Case Study and Analysis]. Bioethics Forum 12...