Appendix: The Ethical Force Program

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Appendix. The Ethical Force Program

Mission Statement The Mission of the Ethical Force Program is to improve health care by fostering the ethical behavior of all participants. The Program identifies and promotes ethical expectations and performs research to develop valid and reliable measures of their achievement.	Mission Goals Through the collaborative involvement of all major participants in health care, the Program aims to achieve three goals: To identify and promote ethical expectations for all participants in health care To develop valid and reliable measures of achievement of ethical expectations To encourage the widespread adoption and use of these expectations and measures Adopted by the E-Force Oversight Body June 26, 1998.

Members (and Alternates) of the Ethical Force Oversight Body *Organizational affiliations are listed for identification purposes.*
Robert Alpert Executive Director Center for Health Care Initiative United Auto Workers Laurie Badzek, RN, JD (alternate) Director, Center for Ethics & Human Rights American Nurses Association Richard Bernstein, MD (alternate) Senior Medical Director Core Health Delivery, Network, Field Operations Aetna&—U.S. Healthcare Michele Dennis, RN Assistant Director of Field Services for Nursing AFSCME John Eisenberg, MD Administrator Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD Ethics Consultant to the Director of the Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center Department of Clinical Ethics National Institutes of Health Linda Emanuel, MD, PhD Founder, E-Force Oversight Body Vice President, Ethics Standards American Medical Association Mary Jane England, MD President Washington Business Group on Health Arnold Epstein, MD Chairman Department of Health Policy and Management Harvard School of Public Health David A. Fleming, MD Woodland Clinic Moberly, MO Larry Gage President National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems George Isham, MD Medical Director and Chief Health Officer HealthPartners	Catherine Kunkle Vice President National Business Coalition on Health John Ludden, MD Harvard Medical School Thomas Reardon, MD President-elect American Medical Association Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN President American Nurses Association Frank Riddick, MD Member, Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs American Medical Association Jim Sabin, MD Center for Ethics in Managed Care, Department of Ambulatory Prevention Harvard University and HarvardPilgrim Health Care Neil Schlackman, MD Senior Medical Director AETNAU.S. Healthcare Paul Schyve, MD Senior Vice President Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations Scott Serota Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer National Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Linda Shelton Head of New Product Development National Committee for Quality Assurance Drew Smith, JD Senior Analyst Health Policy American Association of Retired Persons David Tennenbaum, MD (alternate) Director, Health Policy and Innovation Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Myrl Weinberg, CAE President National Health Council

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