Health economics often portrays medical ethics as a source of resistance to cost cutting measures within the health system. This paper challenges the opposition by showing that medical ethics is influenced by a welfare state that is in the process of constructing a market in health provision. In...

Organizations, particularly large multinational firms, have a substantial impact on the economies and societies in which they operate. Unfortunately some far-reaching influences are not anticipated, and, the consequences of these organizational actions can create long-term, adverse outcomes....