Critical Analysis of Two Essays: Bus & Medicine Ethically

Critical Analysis of Two Essays: Are Business and Medicine Ethically Incompatible In the book Taking Sides authors Lisa Newton and Maureen Ford present in issue five the question “Are business and medicine ethically incompatible.” Professor of medicine, Arnold S. Relman’s essay Analysis of What Market Values are Doing in Medicine is used to present a case for ‘yes’ they are incompatible. Assistant Professor of business, Andrew C. Wicks’ essay Analysis of Albert Schweitzer or …

…have within their hands the lives of our parents, our spouses, our children, our best friends and our selves. The trust and power they hold calls them to a higher level of responsibility and caution. Opportunities for misconduct are plentiful, and measures should be taken to minimize them. Mr. Wicks’ concepts seem framed and tailored for the encapsulated health maintenance organization, but seem unsuitable for most of the issues discussed by the opposition, Dr. Relman.