Financial influences and the primacy of patient welfare – an empirical and ethical analysis in German cancer medicine
Julia F L Koenig, Birthe Aufenberg, Gereon Brei, Sophia Reitmayer, Sabine Sommerlatte, Wolfgang Greiner, Jan Schildmann, Eva C Winkler, Katja Mehlis · 2026
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Julia Koenig and co-authors examined in 2026 how money may bend medical choices in German cancer care, and what that means for the rule that patient welfare comes first. Early interview work had named the kinds of decisions where finance bites and tied them to how clinics are paid. How payment systems shape choices, and how to judge that ethically, stayed open.
The team ran a structured qualitative analysis of empirical material and an ethical analysis with a reflexive balancing framework. Their aim was to map which payment designs push against patient-first care and where the push is acceptable or not. Readers get an evidence-and-ethics pairing for a sensitive question every health system faces: paying for care without paying against the patient.
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| CREATOR | Julia F L Koenig, Birthe Aufenberg, Gereon Brei, Sophia Reitmayer, Sabine Sommerlatte, Wolfgang Greiner, Jan Schildmann, Eva C Winkler, Katja Mehlis |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |