Grateful patients provide substantial philanthropic funding for health care institutions, resulting in important societal benefits. Although grateful patient fundraising (GPFR) is widespread, it raises an array of ethical issues for patients, physicians, development professionals, and institutions. These issues have not been described comprehensively, and there is insufficient guidance to inform the ethical practice of GPFR.

Consequently, the authors convened a “Summit on the Ethics of Grateful Patient Fundraising,” with the goal of identifying primary ethical issues in GPFR and offering recommendations regarding how to manage them. Participants were 29 experts from across the United States who represented the perspectives of bioethics, clinical practice, development, law, patients, philanthropy, psychology, and regulatory compliance.

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Authors:
Megan E. Collins, MD, MPH
Steven Rum, MPA
Jane Wheeler, MSPH
Karen Antman, MD
Henry Brem, MD
Joseph Carrese, MD, MPH
Michelle Glennon, JD
Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH
E. Magnus Ohman, MD
Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil
Sara Konrath, PHD
Stacey Tovino, JD, PhD
Scott Wright, MD
Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA
for the Participants in the Summit on the Ethics of Grateful Patient Fundraising

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