The ethics of managed care: Part 3--Toward a common vision

A common set of values is one of the primary unifying elements of any systematized group. The moral crisis in health care today has more to do with value dis-integration than economic dis-array. The use of resource allocation mechanisms like managed care expand the needs of conscience with those of man-willed choice. If health professionals are to meet the ethical challenges of "managed care," they must start by reminding themselves of what the scientific and ethical commitments both promise and imply.