Background
Emanuel, Ezekiel J. was born on September 6, 1957 in Israel. Son of Benjamin and Marsha Emanuel.
(The years since the late 1950s have spawned public debate...)
The years since the late 1950s have spawned public debate on medical ethical issues ranging from abortion, terminating life-sustaining care, and euthanasia to informed consent, the just allocation of medical resources, and surrogate motherhood. Yet for all the increased attention focused on these issues, there has been no consensus on their resolution. Ezekiel Emanuel, who is trained as both a physician and a political theorist, rejects the claim that most of these medical ethical dilemmas are created by the recent advances in medical technology; he maintains instead that the seemingly endless debates are the inevitable consequence of liberal political values. He proposes an alternative ideology, a liberal communitarianism which imagines a federation of political communities dedicated to democratic deliberations to guide the formulation of laws and policies. Emanuel outlines six conceptions of the "good life" that involve different views of medical ethics, pointing out that choosing among them violates the liberal tenet of neutrality. A further problem lies in the fact that although almost no one believes the current U.S health system is just or excellent, we cannot agreee on a national health care program. He describes his own solution, showing that the communitarian vision is compatible with many characteristics of the American medical system and can provide an ethical framework for resolving these pressing medical ethical issues. It is aimed at physicians, medical ethicists, political philosophers, and students of public policy. It should also interest general readers concerned with the major medical and ethical problems confronting society.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674253256/?tag=2022091-20
(Can the ethical mission of health care survive among orga...)
Can the ethical mission of health care survive among organizations competing for survival in the marketplace? On this question hinges not only the future of health care in the US, but that of the health care systems of all advanced countries. This book presents both an analytic framework and a menu of pragmatic answers. The team of authors, physician-ethicists from Harvard Medical School and the National Institutes of Health, worked with a consortium of health care organizations to explore some of the most challenging dilemmas in health care today: How can health plans determine medical necessity in a way that ensures quality care, controls costs, and builds trust with patients and physicians? What are the strategies for caring for vulnerable populations that meet their special neds without dramatically increasing costs? To answer these and other similar questions the authors blend ethical analysis with real-world example. The outcome is a rich analysis of the ethical challenges facing health care organizations, combined with tangible examples of exemplary methods to address these challenges. This book will help health care leaders, regulators, and policy makers incorporate exemplary practices, and the underlying themes they embody, into the very heart and soul of health care organizations.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195158962/?tag=2022091-20
Emanuel, Ezekiel J. was born on September 6, 1957 in Israel. Son of Benjamin and Marsha Emanuel.
Bachelor, Amherst College, 1979. Master of Science, Oxford University, Exeter College, 1981. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University Medical School, 1988.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1989.
Fellow in ethics & the professions John F. Kennedy School Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987—1988. Medical intern Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1988—1989, medical resident, 1989—1990. Medical clinical fellow Harvard Medical School, 1990—1992.
Fellow, medical oncology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 1990—1992. Instructor Harvard Medical School, 1992—1994, assistant professor medicine, clinical medicine, clinical epidemiology, 1994—1997, associate professor social medicine, 1997—1998. Chair department clinical bioethics department, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center National Institutes of Health, since 1998.
Special advisory for health policy to director Office Management & Budget, Executive Office of the President, since 2009. International advisory board on bioethics Pan. American Health Organization, since 1999.
Medical advisory board Cancer Care, Inc., since 2000. Chair, Committee to Develop Ethical Guidelines Academy/Health, since 2002. Adjunct lecturer public policy John F. Kennedy School Government, Harvard University, 2002—2003.
Associate editor Journal Clinical Ethics, Journal Health Communications. Board editors Lancet Oncology, Journal Law, Medicine & Ethics, American Jour Bioethics. Editorial advisory board BioMed Central, Medicine, Health Care & Philosophy.
(The years since the late 1950s have spawned public debate...)
(Can the ethical mission of health care survive among orga...)
Fellow: Hastings Center. Member: American Society Clinical Oncology (member task force on oversight of clinical research since 2000, chair task force on quality of cancer care since 2000, chair ethics committee 2003-2004), Institute Medicine, Phi Beta Kappa.