Trust: The Scarcest of Medical Resources

Author(s)
Illingworth, Patricia
Keywords
Containment
Managed Care
Trust
Philosophical Ethics
Patient Relationships
Economics of Health Care

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/263445
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1076/jmep.27.1.31.2969
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Abstract
In this paper, I claim that the doctor-patient relationship can be viewed as a vessel of trust. Nonetheless, trust within the doctor-patient relationship has been impaired by managed care. When we conceive of trust as social capital, focusing on the role that it plays in individual and social well-being, trust can be viewed as a public good and a scarce medical resource. Given this, there is a moral obligation to protect the doctor- patient relationship from the cost-containment mechanisms that compromise its ability to produce trust.
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2016-01-09
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oai:repository.library.georgetown.edu:10822/1012938
doi:10.1076/jmep.27.1.31.2969
Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 2002 February; 27(1): 31-46
http://worldcatlibraries.org/registry/gateway?version=1.0&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&atitle=Trust:+the+scarcest+of+medical+resources&title=Journal+of+Medicine+and+Philosophy+&volume=27&issue=1&spage=31-46&date=2002-02&au=Illingworth,+Patricia
http://dx.doi.org/10.1076/jmep.27.1.31.2969
http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1012938
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10.1076/jmep.27.1.31.2969
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