Improving Access to Health Care: A Consensus Ethical Framework to Guide Proposals for Reform
Four ethical obligations to guide health care reform.
Mark A. Levine, Matthew K. Wynia, Paul M. Schyve, J. Russell Teagarden, David A. Fleming, Sharon King Donohue, Ron J. Anderson, James Sabin, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel, for the Ethical Force Program
As the American health care system strains under the weight of erratic coverage, inefficiency, and uncertain quality, a framework is needed for evaluating how reform proposals. We present a framework developed by the Ethical Force Program, a collaborative initiative led by the Institute for Ethics at the American Medical Association. Participants agreed on four core ethical obligations for health system reforms that aim to improve access to care.
As the American health care system strains under the weight of erratic coverage, inefficiency, and uncertain quality, a framework is needed for evaluating how reform proposals. We present a framework developed by the Ethical Force Program, a collaborative initiative led by the Institute for Ethics at the American Medical Association. Participants agreed on four core ethical obligations for health system reforms that aim to improve access to care.
Mark A. Levine, Matthew K. Wynia, Paul M. Schyve, J. Russell Teagarden, David A. Fleming, Sharon King Donohue, Ron J. Anderson, James Sabin, and Ezekiel J. Emanuel, for the Ethical Force Program, “Improving Access to Health Care: A Consensus Ethical Framework to Guide Proposals for Reform,” Hastings Center Report 37, no. 5 (2007): 14-19.
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