Behind Closed Doors: Accountability and Responsibility in Patient Care

In this paper, I examine the notion of accountability and its historical evolution in health care. Using medical mistakes and adverse patient outcomes as my focus, I examine the interests served by particular models of accountability and argue for a model of collective fiduciary responsibility in U....

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of medicine and philosophy 2000-02, Vol.25 (1), p.28-47
1. Verfasser:	SHARPE, V. A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accountability American Medical Association - history Bioethics Biology Cost Control - history Disclosure Doctor-patient relationship fiduciary History of medicine History of science and technology History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Hygiene hospitals Life sciences Medical ethics Medicine surgery pharmacy Moral Obligations Patient Care - economics Patient Care - history Patient Care - standards Patients Public assistance quality Quality of Health Care - history Quality standards Responsibility Social Change Social Responsibility United States
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Zusammenfassung:	In this paper, I examine the notion of accountability and its historical evolution in health care. Using medical mistakes and adverse patient outcomes as my focus, I examine the interests served by particular models of accountability and argue for a model of collective fiduciary responsibility in U.S. health care today.
ISSN:	0360-5310 1744-5019
DOI:	10.1076/0360-5310(200002)25:1;1-V;FT028