Hospitals And The Pitfalls Of Seeking Donations From Their Rich Patients
Most Americans find a number of common hospital fundraising practices ethically unacceptable, according to a new study published in July. Examples of these sometimes troubling approaches included providing people who have a track record of making large donations with concierge services such as nicer rooms or doctor’s cellphone numbers, screening patients to identify those who are wealthy enough to give lots of money to charity and getting doctors directly involved with fundraising efforts that involve their current or former patients.
Which conversations about hospital donations are unethical?
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We found that 85% of the people who took our survey agreed that patients feel good when they donate to the hospitals where they received their medical care.
Yet 83% said they felt ...