MHS-2320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Rehabilitation Act Of 1973, Pro Bono
27 Feb 2019
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Licensure is just to make sure that there aren"t people practicing medicine who don"t know what they"re doing, doesn"t mean you have a responsibility to work for everyone. Uses the language of rights for health care - not legally a right, but thought of that way - needs to be backed up by law if it is a right. Physicians are free to choose who to serve, with who to act, and what the environment is like. Charity model supports the contract model - physicians have an obligation to share in providing charity care, but not in the degree that it would seriously harm the care of the paying patients. Ie going out of business because of pro bono cases. Physicians have no legal obligations to provide care to anyone, not based on their ability to pay. Thinking about the relationship between law and ethics. Two kinds of ethical issues and the different uses of law.
