Dr. Jerome P. Kassirer presented "Managed Care
and the Morality of the Market Place" on Jan. 12, 2000.
"Never in the 2000 years of medicine did our
ethical constructs envision a market-driven health care system," Kassirer said,
amplifying on the perspective he brought to the lecture. "This amoral system often
requires physicians to serve two masters: their patients and their employers. Fragmented
care, threats to the survival of academic medical centers, and a progressive increase in
uninsured people are other consequences. How to behave in this new environment is the
question."
Kassirer was editor of the New England
Journal of Medicine from 1991 well into 1999.
The talk, the second Health Policy Forum of
the 1999-2000 academic year, was sponsored by the President’s Council and organized
by the Institute for the Medical Humanities.
A limited number of videotapes of the lecture are available for
a three-day loan from the Office of University Advancement. Don't miss this important
event. For more information on the tapes or the rebroadcast, call the Office of University
Advancement at (409) 772-2618.
Sponsored
by the UTMB President's Council
Organized by the Institute for the Medical Humanities
Biographical Profile
Occupation: Medical educator,
editor-in-chief
Education:
Grad., U. Buffalo, 1953
MD magna cum laude, U. Buffalo, 1957
DS (hon.), U. Mass., 1992
D honoris causa, L'Universite Rene Descartes, Paris, 1992
DS (hon.), Thomas Jefferson U., 1994
DS (hon.), SUNY, 1995
Certification:
Diplomate Am. Bd. Internal Medicine (mem. certifying examination com.
1987-89, bd. dirs. 1989-96, mem. exec. com. 1993-96, chmn. 1995-96).
Career:
Editor-in-chief, New Eng. Jour. Medicine, Boston, 1991-1999
Sara Murray Jordan Prof. Medicine, Sch. Medicine, Tufts U., Medford, Mass., 1987-91
Prof. medicine, Sch. Medicine, Tufts U., Medford, Mass., 1974-
Acting chmn. dept. medicine, Sch. Medicine, Tufts U., Medford, Mass., 1974-75
Vice chmn. dept. medicine, Sch. Medicine, Tufts U., Medford, Mass., 1971-91
Assoc. prof., Sch. Medicine, Tufts U., Medford, Mass., 1969-74
Asst. prof. medicine, Sch. Medicine, Tufts U., Medford, Mass., 1965-69
Instr. medicine, Sch. Medicine, Tufts U., Medford, Mass., 1961-65
Acting physician-in-chief, New Eng. Med. Ctr., Boston, 1976-77
Assoc. physician-in-chief, New Eng. Med. Ctr., Boston, 1971-91
Physician renal svc., New Eng. Med. Ctr., Boston, 1969-74
Asst. physician, New Eng. Med. Ctr., Boston, 1961-65
Sr. resident in medicine, New Eng. Med. Ctr., Boston, 1961-62
Fellow in nephrology, New Eng. Med. Ctr., Boston, 1959-61
Intern, asst. resident in medicine, Buffalo Gen. Hosp., 1957-59
Career Related:
Lectr. in medicine Harvard U., 1991-; bd. dirs. Postgrad. Med. Inst. Mass. Med. Soc.,
1988-91.
Creative Works:
Editor-in-chief Current Therapy in Internal Medicine, 1990;
Co-editor Clin. Problem Solving, Hosp. Practice, 1985-91;
Consultant editor Am. Jour. Medicine, 1976-86;
Mem. editorialbd. New Eng. Jour. Medicine, 1972-75;
Co-editor Nephrology Forum, Kidney Internat., 1978-91, Med. Decision Making, 1987-89;
Editorial advisor Outline of Knowledge, Part 4: Human Life, The New Encyclopaedia
Britannica, 1989.
Awards:
Recipient Ednl. Rsch. Found. award AMA, 1993.
Memberships:
Master Am. Coll. Physicians (chmn. sci., chmn. 1985-88, gov. Mass. 1985-89, mem. exec.
com. bd. govs. 1988-89, mem. health and pub. policy com. 1989-91, bd. regents 1990-91)
Fellow AAAS, mem. Am. Soc. Nephrology, Am. Fedn. Clin. Rsch., Inst. Medicine NAS, Assn of
Am. Physicians, Nat. Libr. Medicine (chmn. bd. sci. counselors 1989-90, mem. biomed.
journalism award com. 1992-), Mass. Med. Soc., Buffalo Acad. Medicine (hon. life), Soc.
Clin. Decision Making (charter mem.) |
