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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Confronting tradeoffs in health care: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care’s Organizational Ethics Program
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE, Cochran D
Health Affairs
Innovation in human research protection: the AbioCor artificial heart trial.
Authors: Authors: Morreim EH, Webb GE, Gordon HL, Brody B, Casarett D, Rosenfeld K, Sabin J, Lantos JD, Morenz B, Krouse R, Goodman S.
Am J Bioeth
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"Disappointing but fair": the Connector's challenge.
Authors: Authors: Sabin J.
Hastings Cent Rep
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International Collaborations with Community-Based Organizations: A Case Study of the Partnership between the CDC Global AIDS Program/India and the Indian Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE
Organizational Ethics
Innovation in human research protections: the abiocor heart trial
Authors: Authors: Morreim EH, Webb GE, Gordon HL, Brody B, Casarett D, Rosenfeld K, Sabin JE, Morenz B, Krouse R, Goodman S
Am J Bioethics
The exclusion of benzodiazepine coverage in medicare: simple steps for avoiding a public health crisis.
Authors: Authors: Bambauer KZ, Sabin JE, Soumerai SB.
Psychiatr Serv
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Effect of switching antipsychotics on antiparkinsonian medication use in schizophrenia: population-based study.
Authors: Authors: Park S, Ross-Degnan D, Adams AS, Sabin J, Kanavos P, Soumerai SB.
Br J Psychiatry
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Best practice guidelines on informed consent for weight loss surgery patients.
Authors: Authors: Sabin J, Fanelli R, Flaherty H, Istfan N, Mariner W, Barnes JN, Pratt JS, Rossi L, Samour P.
Obes Res
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Effect of switching from typical to atypical antipsychotics on antiparkinson medication in schizophrenia: population-based study
Authors: Authors: Park S, Ross-Degnan D, Adams AS, Sabin JE, et al
British J Psychiatry
Ethics in practice: managed care and the changing health care environment: medicine as a profession managed care ethics working group statement.
Authors: Authors: Povar GJ, Blumen H, Daniel J, Daub S, Evans L, Holm RP, Levkovich N, McCarter AO, Sabin J, Snyder L, Sulmasy D, Vaughan P, Wellikson LD, Campbell A.
Ann Intern Med
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