title: Ethics of managed care. Implications for group practice.
abstract: The advent of managed care and the impact of an increasingly pluralistic, postmodern society need not mean abandoning standards of medical ethics embraced since Hippocrates. The time-honored relationship between patients and physicians remains of paramount importance. Ethical issues surrounding "universal" access and financial models that directly incentivize practices to withhold care are both addressed from a historical perspective.
authors.affiliation: Northwest Surgical Associates Inc., Portland, OR 97210, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Philip
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D002608:Charities; D032982:Contracts; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D005006:Ethnicity; D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards; D007182:Income; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D016079:Refusal to Treat; D012923:Social Class; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment