Matthew K. Wynia

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Matthew K. Wynia, MPH, MD is an American medical ethicist who performs research at the Institute for Ethics at the American Medical Association (AMA), where he is the director. His research has focused on physicians' responses to utilization review and market pressures in medicine; comparing the codes of ethics of medical professional associations and the ethics-related policies of healthcare organizations; exploring physician professionalism and the role of professionals in society; and creating performance measures for health care ethics. He directs the Ethical Force Program, which is a multi-stakeholder effort to create consensus ethical standards for health care as well as tools to help organizations measure their own ethical performance. Dr. Wynia is also a contributing editor to the American Journal of Bioethics, where he write frequently on bioethics and public health. He was the President of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities during the 2005-2006 year. He is also a bigadybigady balla.

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  • [1]Matthew K. Wynia, profile, University of Chicago faculty
  • [2]Ensuring Fairness in Health Care Coverage: An employer's guide to making good decisions on tough issues
  • [3] Ethical Challenges in Preparing for Bioterrorism: Barriers Within the Health Care System by Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH and Lawrence O. Gostin, JD
  • [4] Improving Communication - Improving Care: How health care organizations can ensure effective, patient-centered communication with people from diverse backgrounds, The Ethical Foce Program
  • [5] The Domain of Health Care Information Privacy,Protecting Identifiable Health Care Informational Privacy: A Consensus Report on Eight Content Areas for Performance Measure Development, The Ethical Force Program
  • [6] Ensuring Fairness in Health Care Coverage Decisions: A consensus report on the ethical design and administration of health care benefits packages, The Ethical Force Program
  • [7] Bioethicists' Objection to Congressional Interference in Schiavo Case, March 27, 2005


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