title: The ethics of medicine vs. the ethos of Wall Street (Part II).
abstract: This is the second article in a two-part series by Contributing Editor Stephen J. Hage. In Part I, Mr. Hage examined how the business of health care delivery and financing interfaces with the practice of medicine. He argued that the result is often a struggle between the ethics of providing care versus the ethos of doing business. In Part II, he traces the role business has played and responsibility it must assume for shaping our contemporary health care system. He ends by offering specific recommendations for dealing with the ethics versus ethos dilemma.
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000639:trends*; D005102:Health Expenditures; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000639:trends*; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States