James Evan Sabin

James Evan Sabin, MD

Professor of Population Medicine, Part-time
Member, HMS Center for Bioethics

James Sabin is Clinical Professor in the Departments of Population Medicine and Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Ethics Program, a nationally recognized, highly innovative organizational ethics program. His major research interests are in the clinical and theoretical aspects of fair resource allocation, the role of consumers in overseeing health policy and practice, and the ways in which organizations can best deal with the ethical dimensions of their work.  He has written more than 150 articles and chapters on organizational ethics, resource allocation, and clinical practice. A second edition of Setting Limits Fairly, written with Norman Daniels, was published by Oxford University Press 2008.  No Margin, No Mission: Health Care Organizations and the Quest for Ethical Excellence, written with Steven Pearson and Ezekiel Emanuel, was published by Oxford University Press in 2003. In 2012 he was appointed to the American Medical Association Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, and in 2013 he was made a fellow of the Hastings Center. He blogs about ethics and policy regarding aging at http://www.over65.thehastingscenter.org and health system ethics at http://healthcareorganizationalethics.blogspot.com

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Perspective: how much is enough?
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE, Neu C
Bustiness & Health
What confidentiality standards should we advocate for in mental health care, and how should we do it?
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE.
Psychiatr Serv
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Limits to health care: fair procedures, democratic deliberation, and the legitimacy problem for insurers.
Authors: Authors: Daniels N, Sabin J.
Philos Public Aff
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Review of: Treatment Planning for Psychotherapists
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE
Psychiatric Services
What should we advocate for in for-profit mental health care, and how should we do it?
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE.
Psychiatr Serv
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Managed care. Getting managed care organizations to cover extended psychotherapy for patients with personality disorders.
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE.
Psychiatr Serv
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Ethical managed care is alive and kicking
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE
The Internist
The ethics of efficiency
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE
Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin
Real world resource allocation: the concept of "good-enough" psychotherapy.
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE, Neu C.
Bioethics Forum
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A planning checklist for establishing time-limited psychotherapy groups.
Authors: Authors: Crosby G, Sabin JE.
Psychiatr Serv
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