MAHP Ethics Forums
MAHP Ethics Forums
The MAHP Ethics Forums are held three times a year and are designed to be open roundtable discussions exploring the ethical challenges of current policy topics. Past topics have included: experimental therapies, medical tourism, health care disparities, end of life care, primary care access, genetic testing, pandemic flu planning, payment reform, consumer driven health plans, pay-for-performance, not for profit status, and medical errors.
Upcoming Ethics Forum
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
8:00 am – 9:30 am
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
93 Worcester St.
Wellesley, MA 02481
617-509-1000
Topic: The Doctor-Patient Relationship in an Era of Consumerism, Delivery and Payment Reform: Synergism, Cooperation or Conflict?
Featuring Lachlan Forrow, MD
General internist and Director of Ethics and Palliative Care Programs at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and President of The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
MAHP Ethics Forums Co-chairs :
James Sabin, M.D., Director, Ethics Program, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Robert Nierman, M.D., Medical Director for Medical and Payment Policy, Tufts Health Plan
For more information on MAHP’s Ethics Forums, please contact Suzanne Lebel at
617-338-2244 x1111, lebel@mahp.com.