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Morreim graduated from St. Olaf College in 1972. She also received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1976, and earned her doctorate in 1980.
(Medicine's changing economics have already fundamentally,...)
Medicine's changing economics have already fundamentally, permanently altered the relationship between physician and patient, E. Haavi Morreim argues. Physicians must weigh a patient's interests against the legitimate, competing claims of other patients, of payers, of society as a whole, and sometimes even of the physician himself. Focusing on actual situations in the clinical setting, Morreim explores the complex moral problems that current economic realities pose for the practicing physician. She redefines the moral obligations of both physicians and patients, traces the specific effects of these redefined obligations on clinical practice, and explores the implications for patients as individuals and for national health policy. Although the book focuses on health care in the United States, physicians everywhere are likely to face many of the same basic issues of clinical ethics, because every system of health care financing and distribution today is constrained by finite resources.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001HBI71A/?tag=2022091-20
1995
(Health care in the US and elsewhere has been rocked by ec...)
Health care in the US and elsewhere has been rocked by economic upheaval. Cost-cuts, care-cuts, and confusion abound. Traditional tort and contract law have not kept pace. Physicians are still expected to deliver the same standard of care -- including costly resources - to everyone, regardless whether it is paid for. Health plans can now face litigation for virtually any unfortunate outcome, even those stemming from society's mandate to keep costs down while improving population health. This book cuts through the chaos and offers a clear, persuasive resolution. Part I explains why new economic realities have rendered prevailing malpractice and contract law largely anachronistic. Part II argues that pointing the legal finger of blame blindly or hastily can hinder good medical care. Instead of "whom do we want to hold liable," we should focus first on "who should be doing what, for the best delivery of health care." When things go wrong, each should be liable only for those aspects of care they could and should have controlled. Once a good division of labor is identified, what kind of liability should be imposed depends on what kind of mistake was made. Failures to exercise adequate expertise (knowledge, skill, care effort) should be addressed as torts, while failures to provide promised resources should be resolved under contract. Part III shows that this approach, though novel, fits remarkably well with basic common law doctrines, and can even enlighten ERISA issues. With extensive documentation from current case law, commentary, and empirical literature, the book will also serve as a comprehensive reference for attorneys, law professors, physicians, administrators, bioethicists, and students.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195141326/?tag=2022091-20
2001
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Morreim graduated from St. Olaf College in 1972. She also received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1976, and earned her doctorate in 1980.
Morreim started her career working at medical philosopher program in human biology and society of the University Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville in 1980. Three years later she became an Assistant Professor of Philosophy there and held that position till 1984. During 1983, she was also an Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Assistant Professor of Humanities and Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine as well as a Senior Visiting Research Scholar at Kennedy Institute of Ethics of the Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
In 1984, Morreim started working as a Assistant Professor of Department of Human Values & Ethics at the College of Medicine of the University of Tennessee in Memphis. 5 years later, she was appointed to the position of Associate Professor. Since 1998, she has been working as a Professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Morreim is also a licensed attorney, assisting clients pro bono in selected cases, and active Tennessee Supreme Court-listed mediator for disputes in both civil and family matters, mediating cases ranging across employment, contract, landlord-tenant, real estate, debtor-creditor and beyond.
Dr. Morreim has authored two books and over one hundred sixty articles in journals of law, medicine, and bioethics, including California Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, Journal of the American Medical Association, Archives of Internal Medicine and the Wall Street Journal. She has presented hundreds of invited lectures nationally and internationally, to such groups as the American Medical Association and the American Bar Association.
(Medicine's changing economics have already fundamentally,...)
1995(Health care in the US and elsewhere has been rocked by ec...)
2001Morreim is a member of the Active Hastings Center, American Health Lawyers Association, American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities and Phi Beta Kappa.
