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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How managed care can be ethical.
Authors: Authors: Randel L, Pearson SD, Sabin JE, Hyams T, Emanuel EJ.
Health Aff (Millwood)
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Managed care: Strengthening the consumer voice in managed care: II. Moving NCQA standards from rights to empowerment.
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE, O'Brien MF, Daniels N.
Psychiatr Serv
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Managed care: strengthening the consumer voice in managed care: I. Can the private sector meet the public-sector standard?
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE, Daniels N.
Psychiatr Serv
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What are fairness and consistency in a national pharmacy benefit?
Authors: Authors: Daniels N, Sabin JE.
Med Care
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Charlatans and shamans [essay on George Bernard Shaw's The Doctor's Dilemma]
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE
American Repertory Theatre News
Review of: Enhancing Human Traits: Ethical and Social Implications
Authors: Authors: Sabin J
J Health Politics, Policy and Law
Managed care and health care reform: comedy, tragedy, and lessons.
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE.
Psychiatr Serv
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Managed care: Public-sector managed behavioral health care: VI. The Iowa approach to profit and community reinvestment.
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE, Daniels N.
Psychiatr Serv
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Managed care in Iowa.
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE, Daniels N.
Psychiatr Serv
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Managed care: public-sector managed behavioral health care: V. redefining "medical necessity"-the Iowa experience.
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE, Daniels N.
Psychiatr Serv
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