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Ethics Forum: Has the Patient Asked for More Than Can Be Ethically Allowed?

Richard L. Allman, MD, MS, FACP, FACR  |  Issue: November 2022  |  

Richard L. Allman, MD, MS, FACP, FACRRichard L. Allman, MD, MS, FACP, FACR, was an associate director of the residency program in internal medicine at Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, from 2002–18. He has a Master of Science in Healthcare Ethics and continues to serve as the lead consultant in ethics at Einstein, while working part time to precept internal medicine residents.

References

  1. Wynia MK, Cummins DS, VanGeest JB, Wilson IB. Physician manipulation of reimbursement rules for patients: Between a rock and a hard place. JAMA. 2000;283(14):1858–1865.
  2. Freeman VG, Rathore SS, Weinfurt KP, Schulman KA, Sulmasy DP. Lying for patients: Physician deception of third-party payers. Arch Intern Med. 1999;159(19):2263–2270.

Editor’s note: This article was written for The Rheumatologist on behalf of the ACR Committee on Ethics & Conflict of Interest. If you have a comment for the author or a case you’d like to see in Ethics Forum, email us at [email protected].

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