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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Ethics in managed care.
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE.
Psychiatr Serv
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Managed care: improving psychiatric drug benefit management: III. The VA's approach to atypical antipsychotics.
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE, Daniels N.
Psychiatr Serv
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Improving fairness in coverage decisions: performance expectations for quality improvement.
Authors: Authors: Wynia MK, Cummins D, Fleming D, Karsjens K, Orr A, Sabin J, Saphire-Bernstein I, Witlen R.
Am J Bioeth
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Ethics in practice: managed care and the changing health care environment
Authors: Authors: Povar GJ, Blumen H, Daniel J, Daub S, Evans L, Holm RP, Levkovich N, McCarter AO, Sabin JE, et al
Annals of Internal medicine
The perfect storm: consumers, clinicians and pharmacy benefit programs
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE, Daniels N, Teagarden JR
Psychiatric Annals
A proposed ethical framework for prescription drug benefit allocation policy.
Authors: Authors: Teagarden JR, Daniels N, Sabin JE.
J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash)
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The patient-psychiatrist seminar: a longitudinal learning experience for residents.
Authors: Authors: Calabresi AO, Sabin JE.
Harv Rev Psychiatry
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An ethical template for pharmacy benefits.
Authors: Authors: Daniels N, Teagarden JR, Sabin JE.
Health Aff (Millwood)
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Improving psychiatric drug benefit management: II. Kaiser Permanente's approach to SSRIs.
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE, Daniels N.
Psychiatr Serv
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Managed care: improving psychiatric drug benefit management: I. Lessons from Massachusetts.
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE, Daniels N.
Psychiatr Serv
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