Ethical Issues and Recommendations in Grateful Patient Fundraising and Philanthropy

Megan E Collins¹, Steven Rum, Jane Wheeler+12

• ¹M.E. Collins is assistant professor, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and core faculty, Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. S. Rum is vice president for development and alumni relations, Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. J. Wheeler is director, Business Development and Communications, Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. K. Antman is provost, Boston University Medical Campus, and dean, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. H. Brem is Harvey Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery, and director, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. J. Carrese is professor of medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and core faculty, Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. M. Glennon is associate vice president, Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. J. Kahn is Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director, Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. E.M. Ohman is professor of medicine and vice chair, Department of Medicine-Development and Innovation, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina. R. Jagsi is professor of radiation oncology and director, Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. S. Konrath is associate professor of philanthropic studies, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana. S. Tovino is Lehman Professor of Law and director, Health Law Program, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada. S. Wright is professor of medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and chief, General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland. J. Sugarman is Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Bioethics and Medicine, Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, and Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.