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Unusual, entertaining, and informative. An excellent summary of the ethical issues that one would confront in managed behavioral healthcare. I can think of no better way to be introduced to the issues. --American Association of Psychiatric Administrators Newsletter <br> Helpful and unique in its even-handed, balanced approach. I'm delighted to have such a wonderful resource available. --Barbara Okun, professor, Northeastern University <br> If we all must go in the lion's den--and its hard to escape--then this Daniel in The Ethical Way may be as good a guide as it gets. We appreciate someone of such sanity writing openly in these tightlipped times. --Bill and Mary Alice Houghton, editors, The Mental Health Canary: The Voice of Psychotherapy <br> Moffic is a clear-thinking, important contributor to the field of healthcare delivery. He is humanistic and, as such, has written a book that not only is provocative but provides some answers to questions regarding this major system of managed behavioral healthcare. --Gene Usdin, M.D., past president, American College of Psychiatrists <br> Finally, someone dares to tackle this difficult topic and does an amazingly comprehensive job bringing fairness and clarity to a many-sided issue. --Marjorie Nixon, president, The Wisconsin Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers <br> The Ethical Way is a refreshing, open, well-written discussion of extremely daunting and complex issues. --Steven S. Sharfstein, M.D., president, medical director, and chief executive officer, Sheppard Pratt, and clinical professor of psychiatry, University of Maryland <br> Moffic has put together the principles and system of ethics that all deliverysystems should pay close attention to as they cope with the new rules of the marketplace. The essential issues of rationing, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and undertreatment are all here. --Steven S. Sharfstein, M.D., president, medical director, and chief executive officer, Sheppard Pratt, and clinical professor of psychiatry University of Maryland <br> Offers unique guidelines and guidance toward offering high quality of health and mental services in an environment of high ethical and moral standards. --Pedro Ruiz M.D., professor and vice chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, medical director, Mental Sciences Institute, the University of Texas, Houston

Unusual, entertaining, and informative. An excellent summary of the ethical issues that one would confront in managed behavioral healthcare. I can think of no better way to be introduced to the issues. --American Association of Psychiatric Administrators Newsletter <br> Helpful and unique in its even-handed, balanced approach. I'm delighted to have such a wonderful resource available. --Barbara Okun, professor, Northeastern University <br> If we all must go in the lion's den--and its hard to escape--then this Daniel in The Ethical Way may be as good a guide as it gets. We appreciate someone of such sanity writing openly in these tightlipped times. --Bill and Mary Alice Houghton, editors, The Mental Health Canary: The Voice of Psychotherapy <br> Moffic is a clear-thinking, important contributor to the field of healthcare delivery. He is humanistic and, as such, has written a book that not only is provocative but provides some answers to questions regarding this major syst

""Unusual, entertaining, and informative. An excellent summary of the ethical issues that one would confront in managed behavioral healthcare. I can think of no better way to be introduced to the issues."" --American Association of Psychiatric Administrators Newsletter ""Helpful and unique in its even-handed, balanced approach. I'm delighted to have such a wonderful resource available."" --Barbara Okun, professor, Northeastern University ""If we all must go in the lion's den--and its hard to escape--then this Daniel in ""The Ethical Way"" may be as good a guide as it gets. We appreciate someone of such sanity writing openly in these tightlipped times."" --Bill and Mary Alice Houghton, editors, The Mental Health Canary: The Voice of Psychotherapy ""Moffic is a clear-thinking, important contributor to the field of healthcare delivery. He is humanistic and, as such, has written a book that not only is provocative but provides some answers to questions regarding this major system of managed behavioral healthcare."" --Gene Usdin, M.D., past president, American College of Psychiatrists ""Finally, someone dares to tackle this difficult topic and does an amazingly comprehensive job bringing fairness and clarity to a many-sided issue."" --Marjorie Nixon, president, The Wisconsin Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers ""The Ethical Way is a refreshing, open, well-written discussion of extremely daunting and complex issues."" --Steven S. Sharfstein, M.D., president, medical director, and chief executive officer, Sheppard Pratt, and clinical professor of psychiatry, University of Maryland ""Moffic has put together the principles and system of ethics that all delivery systems should pay close attention to as they cope with the new rules of the marketplace. The essential issues of rationing, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, and undertreatment are all here."" --Steven S. Sharfstein, M.D., president, medical director, and chief executive officer, Sheppard Pratt, and clinical professor of psychiatry University of Maryland ""Offers unique guidelines and guidance toward offering high quality of health and mental services in an environment of high ethical and moral standards."" --Pedro Ruiz M.D., professor and vice chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, medical director, Mental Sciences Institute, the University of Texas, Houston

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H. STEVEN MOFFIC is professor of psychiatry and director of the Managed Care Division of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

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