Managing Health Care in Oregon: The Search for a Civic Bioethics |
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| Authors: | Sharon Bracci |
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| Institution: | Department of Communication , University of North Carolina , Greensboro, 102 Ferguson Building, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170 |
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| Abstract: | Managed health care deliberations in Oregon point to a "civic bioethics" model to resolve allocation issues through publicly articulated community values and priorities that influence legislative action. Communication practices in the Oregon experiment provide data to develop an evaluative framework to assess public moral deliberation in value-laden contexts such as health care distribution. The Oregon experience also points to dialogical virtues to heighten citizens' ethical sensibilities and political will, discursive tools to inform ethical communication practices in a civic bioethics model. |
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| Keywords: | Civic Bioethics Oregon Health Plan Public Deliberation Collective Compassion |
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