The ethics of medicine vs. the ethos of Wall Street.
In this first article in a two-part series, Contributing Editor Stephen J. Hage examines how the business of health care delivery and financing interfaces with the practice of medicine. He argues that the result is often a struggle between the ethics of providing care versus the ethos of doing business. He traces business's longstanding involvement in health care, the success of delivery alternatives like HMOs, and other issues. In the second article in this series, to be published in the Summer/July issue of Radiology Management, Mr. Hage will offer recommendations for dealing with the ethics versus ethos dilemma.
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