Curricular priorities for business ethics in medical practice and research: recommendations from Delphi consensus panels.

ABSTRACT:

Background

No published curricula in the area of medical business ethics exist. This is surprising given that physicians wrestle daily with business decisions and that professional associations, the Institute of Medicine, Health and Human Services, Congress, and industry have issued related guidelines over the past 5 years. To fill this gap, the authors aimed (1) to identify the full range of medical business ethics topics that experts consider important to teach, and (2) to establish curricular priorities through expert consensus.

Methods

In spring 2012, the authors conducted an online Delphi survey with two heterogeneous panels of experts recruited in the United States. One panel focused on business ethics in medical practice (n = 14), and 1 focused on business ethics in m

SUBMITTER: DuBois JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4289297 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature