Managed care's achilles heel: ethical immaturity. (Ethical Reasoning).: An article from: Physician Executive
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Author(s)Richard E. Thompson
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From the author: How can physician executives determine the prevailing values in the managed care arena? What are the consequences when values statements are ignored during decision-making? These questions can be answered using a process called ethical reasoning, which is different and more productive than making moral judgments, such as "is managed care good or bad?" Failing to include ethical reasoning in executive offices and boardrooms is a form of ethical immaturity. It fuels public suspicion that managed care's goal may be maximizing profit at all costs, as opposed to seeking reasonable profit through pro vision of dependable and accessible health care services. One outcome of ethical reasoning is rediscovering the basic truth that running one's business on competitive rather than altruistic principles is ethical whenever greater efficiencies and economic growth enlarge the size of the pie for everyone. Reasonable self-interest is a perfectly acceptable reason to act ethically. The time has come for physician executives to develop a basic understanding of pragmatic ethics, and to appreciate the value of adding ethical reasoning to the decision-making process.
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Title: Managed care's achilles heel: ethical immaturity. (Ethical Reasoning).
Author: Richard E. Thompson
Publication:Physician Executive (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2000
Publisher: American College of Physician Executives
Volume: 26 Issue: 2 Page: 33(3)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
From the author: How can physician executives determine the prevailing values in the managed care arena? What are the consequences when values statements are ignored during decision-making? These questions can be answered using a process called ethical reasoning, which is different and more productive than making moral judgments, such as "is managed care good or bad?" Failing to include ethical reasoning in executive offices and boardrooms is a form of ethical immaturity. It fuels public suspicion that managed care's goal may be maximizing profit at all costs, as opposed to seeking reasonable profit through pro vision of dependable and accessible health care services. One outcome of ethical reasoning is rediscovering the basic truth that running one's business on competitive rather than altruistic principles is ethical whenever greater efficiencies and economic growth enlarge the size of the pie for everyone. Reasonable self-interest is a perfectly acceptable reason to act ethically. The time has come for physician executives to develop a basic understanding of pragmatic ethics, and to appreciate the value of adding ethical reasoning to the decision-making process.
Citation Details
Title: Managed care's achilles heel: ethical immaturity. (Ethical Reasoning).
Author: Richard E. Thompson
Publication:Physician Executive (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2000
Publisher: American College of Physician Executives
Volume: 26 Issue: 2 Page: 33(3)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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