This well known health consultant, James Rice, compares management models in the public and private sectors
On July 2, James Rice, president of Integrated Healthcare Strategies, gave a conference at the Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation on ethics in health management models. His speech dealt with different health management companies from the public and private sectors in Catalonia. Also in attendance was Basque Country health minister, Rafael Bengoa.
James Rice organized a practical and interactive session in which he talked about his experiences in the health sector. In his career, he has worked in more than 30 countries in public administration, universities and even private companies.
According to this expert, "no matter which country you examine, people will always be dissatisfied with their health system". According to Rice, it is impossible to establish a clear separation between public and private models because many variations of mixed models coexist. He gave the example of Spain, where each province has its own separate health management model. Throughout his speech, Rice gave various examples to address ethical questions which arise in managing resources and services, and those in attendance participated. The Foundation will publish a synopsis of the conference shortly.
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This event will be held on July 2nd at 6 pm at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona
The Fundació Víctor Grífols i Lucas in collaboration with Center of Economics and Health Research of Pompeu Fabra University, organise the lecture: "The Ethics of Public versus Private Management of Healthcare Delivery Systems: Insights and Initiatives", which be held by James A. Rice, Ph.D. Director, Cambridge International Health Leadership Programme de Cambridge, England, under the auspices of Global Health Leadership Forum in Barcelona.
Dr. Guillem López i Casasnovas, member of The Board of Trustees of the Foundation, will chair the lecture.
Place: Sala de Graus-Albert Calsamiglia (40.035), Universitat Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona. c/Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27.
Date: 2 July at 6 p.m.
Simultaneous translation into Catalan will be provided.
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In 2008 we celebrated the first ten years of the Foundation with the aim of following the study and understanding of ethical issues.
In 2008 we celebrated the first ten years of the Foundation with the aim of following the study and understanding of ethical issues. The annual report includes all the activities done in 2008, as well as the bioethics awards and grants and the new published monographs.
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The first title in the collection is ¿Qué hacer con los agresores sexuales reincidentes? [What should we do with persistent sexual offenders?] Published online, it includes the panel discussion and the contributions of Enrique Echeburúa, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of the Basque Country; Mercedes García Arán, Professor of Moral Philosophy of the Autonomous University of Barcelona; José María Mena, Former Chief Public Prosecutor with the High Court of Justice of Catalonia; Joan Carles Navarro, Director of Can Brians Prison and Santiago Redondo Illescas, Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Criminology at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Barcelona.
The Victor Grifols i Lucas Foundation recently edited the monographs: The Issue of Patient Competence and Informed Consent and Cultural Diversity.
The Foundation monographs are a collection of publications in Spanish and English which are aimed at making the contents and conclusions of the Foundation's activities available to the public. The Foundation also publishes translations of international documents on bioethics and collaborates with other institutions to make important texts on these subjects more widely available.