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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Four reasons not to create an ethics program and two reasons to do it
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE, Raiola L
Group Practice journal
Public-sector managed behavioral health care: I. Developing an effective case management program.
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE.
Psychiatr Serv
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The ethics of accountability in managed care reform
Authors: Authors: Daniels N, Sabin JE
Health Affairs
Academic psychiatry and managed care.
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE.
Psychiatr Serv
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Dialogue. Resource allocation: to those in the greatest need or those who will benefit most?
Authors: Authors: Daniels N, Crawford M, Sabin JE.
Behav Healthc Tomorrow
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Setting behavioral health priorities: good news and crucial lessons from the Oregon Health Plan.
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE, Daniels N.
Psychiatr Serv
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How much is enough?
Authors: Authors: Sabin J, Neu C.
Bus Health
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Lessons for U.S. managed care from the British National Health Service, II: Setting priorities.
Authors: Authors: Sabin JE, Daniels N.
Psychiatr Serv
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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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