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Ethics in managed care.

Jeremy A Lazarus1, Steven S Sharfstein

  • 1University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 8095 E. Prentice Avenue, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, USA. Jeremy.Lazarus@UCHSC.edu

The Psychiatric Clinics of North America
|September 18, 2002
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Managed care presents ethical challenges in healthcare, impacting the doctor-patient relationship and traditional medical ethics. Addressing these issues is crucial for national health reform to avoid worsening patient outcomes.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Ethics
  • Health Policy
  • Psychiatry

Background:

  • Managed care and cost containment strategies introduce ethical dilemmas.
  • Principles of distributive justice are increasingly relevant in healthcare economics.
  • Traditional ethical tenets face new challenges in contemporary medical practice.

Observation:

  • Intrusive utilization management interferes with the doctor-patient relationship.
  • Confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and honesty are complicated by economic constraints.
  • Psychiatrists must navigate these pressures while upholding ethical standards.

Findings:

  • Economic constraints in managed care create significant ethical dilemmas.
  • The doctor-patient relationship is adversely affected by utilization management.
Keywords:
Health Care and Public HealthMental Health Therapies

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  • Failure to address these ethical issues could undermine healthcare reform.

    • Implications:

    • National health reform must prioritize ethical considerations alongside economic ones.
    • Psychiatrists face the challenge of adapting to managed care without compromising ethical integrity.
    • A diseased ethical framework in medicine could lead to irreparable harm.