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April 4, 2013

We had a discussion with Daniel Sperling, Petrie-Flom Center Short-Term Visiting Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Bioethics, Health Law, and Health Policy, The Federmann School of Public Policy & Government and Braun School of Public Health & Community Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Dr. Sperling presented his current research project, with a response from HLS Professor and Petrie-Flom Faculty Co-Director, I. Glenn Cohen.

With the increased realization that healthcare is delivered in a complex system changing over time and the prominence of managed care organizations in some places or the rise of private health systems in others, the legal discussion of informed consent has gradually changed. Surprisingly (or not), the bioethical literature has expressed little interest in such changes. Dr. Sperling explored this recent phenomenon, provided an explanation for the lack of interest in the new revisions made to the principle of informed consent, and discussed the implications of these changes for bioethics more generally.

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bioethics   doctor patient relationship