Medicine, Money, & Morals: Physicians' Conflicts of Interest

by Marc A. Rodwin

Book Overview

Marc A. Rodwin draws on his own experience as a health lawyer--and his research in health ethics, law, and policy--to reveal how financial conflicts of interest can and do negatively affect the quality of patient care. He shows that the problem has become worse over the last century and provides many actual examples of how doctors' decisions are influenced by financial considerations. We learn how two California physicians, for example, resumed referrals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195096479
• ISBN13: 9780195096477
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.7"