Ethics in Healthcare
It is hard to write about this subject in a detached manner. Medical ethics is based on the premise that doctors who provide healthcare solutions are actually dealing with human life. The premise that this is sacred gift and the person who seeks help to alleviate disease and suffering cannot be unethical in doing wrong to any fellow human being. The fundamental issue here is that historically hospitals came from places of religion and so even to this day many religious trusts consider running hospitals a sacred duty. Social organizations too think that running hospitals and providing treatment free or at a low cost is an act of charity and social welfare. The changes in this started occurring when multiple stakeholders came in the picture and the dynamics of medical care became more complex. Many of my blogs in the past have touched on this subject so I will not allude to most of them. I am trying to adopt the framework of the incentives of state or sarkar, markets or ...