title: Ethical perspectives on managed care as it relates to child and adolescent psychiatry.
abstract: Managed health care is providing an increasing influence in the way child and adolescent psychiatry is practiced. The goals of managed care have been to manage price, service, and quality. As external forces are brought to bear on child and adolescent psychiatry, ethical and legal dilemmas are faced. Underlying principles and the impact of society force physicians to reexamine their values and reeducate themselves about legal developments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Geraty
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Hendren
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Flaa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010819:Physician's Role; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D040841:Resource Allocation