This Article  • Full text  • PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Related article  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.

I read with interest the article "Effects of Managed Care on Physician-Patient Relationships, Quality of Care, and the Ethical Practice of Medicine" in the August 1998 issue of the ARCHIVES. Feldman and colleagues¹ provided an excellent introduction on the effects of managed care on physician-patient relationships, with a special emphasis on ethical concerns.

I would like to make several observations. The referenced article clearly indicates that primary care physicians face a conflict of interest when choosing referral services for patients. This conflict is primarily due to the large financial incentives offered by the managed care industry, which are tied to restricting particular care.

I wholeheartedly support the need for health care reform. This support extends to the current legislative efforts to regulate managed care. Additionally, there is a critical need for nongovernmental bodies to set standards for managed care. We must take action to resolve these issues. The attractiveness of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

RELATED ARTICLE

Effects of Managed Care on Physician-Patient Relationships, Quality of Care, and the Ethical Practice of Medicine: A Physician Survey
Debra S. Feldman, Dennis H. Novack, and Edward Gracely
Arch Intern Med. 1998;158(15):1626-1632.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT