Managed care & conflict of interest

Conflicts of interest and management in managed care.

The bioethics literature on managed care has devoted significant attention to a broad range of conflicts that managed care is perceived to have introduced into the practice of medicine. In the first part of this paper we discuss three kinds of conflict of interest: conflicts of economic incentives, conflicts with patient and physician autonomy, and conflicts with the fiduciary character of the ...

Conflict of evidence or conflict of interest?

We at EBSJ appreciate a substantial and mostly positive echo to the editorial titled “BMP: evidence in the name of science?” (EBSJ Volume 2, Issue 4). Thank you to all who have voiced their interest and support of our unique publication. Other publications have also echoed the desirability of a reevaluation of the methodology and conclusions of the article by Carragee et al titled: “A critical ...

Editorial interest in conflict of interest.

www.cmj.hr This year’s first issue of the Croatian Medical Journal (CMJ) did not feature only the new design of the journal (1) but also an update of its Guidelines for Authors (2), made regularly for each volume. We can only hope that our authors did notice the changes, as editorial experience and research evidence show that readers do not read journal documents (3) and that journals do not ke...

Capitation and conflict of interest.

Self-Interest, Automaticity, and the Psychology of Conflict of Interest

This paper argues that self-interest and concern for others influence behavior through different cognitive systems. Self-interest is automatic, viscerally compelling, and often unconscious. Understanding one’s ethical and professional obligations to others, in contrast, often involves a more thoughtful process. The automatic nature of self-interest gives it a primal power to influence judgment ...