Surgical research involving patients who are incarcerated is fraught with ethical, logistical, and practical questions. This article first considers important moments in the history of research with people who are incarcerated and suggests how they have contributed to evolution in…
Safety-net hospitals care for patients who are incarcerated and are key environments in which surgical trainees learn to wield their professional autonomy. This article explores ethical questions raised by surgical trainees’ participation in carceral care and canvasses possible responses to…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the CJ featured guest is Cynthia Chandler, JD, director of the Bay Area Legal Incubator in Oakland, California; and Anthony Loria, MD, a research resident at the University of Rochester…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about private equity in health care. The featured guest is Rob Field, PhD, JD, MPH, professor of law at the Thomas…
The article assesses research on private equity ownership’s influence on health care quality. A review of several prominent studies supports the conclusion that private equity ownership does not have a universally positive or negative effect. Past research has found that…
Private equity (PE) investments in health care have grown to over $750 billion in the past decade and include every segment of the US health sector. Although PE investments can provide capital and improve efficiency of health service delivery, PE’s…
Capital and staff shortages have forced many rural hospitals to close. Private equity investment in rural hospitals has been one solution to these problems. This article argues, however, that private equity firms’ business practices, especially shortening acquisition-to-sale time and maximizing…
Private equity (PE) firms’ acquisition and management of health service delivery entities, such as specialty physicians’ practices, have been associated with increased cost and diminished quality of care. This commentary on a case argues that clinician-sellers have obligations to disclose…
Private equity firms exacerbate health inequity by driving hospital closures in historically underserved communities. Now nonprofit health systems seem to be adopting private equity practices to do the same. Drawing on a case study of one nonprofit hospital system that…
As private equity (PE) funds acquire a growing share of America’s health care system, their focus has expanded to include not only hospitals and nursing homes but also physician practices. Some PE acquisitions have infused much-needed capital into resource-starved entities,…
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