Susan Dorr Goold

Susan Dorr Goold, MD, MHSA, MA, Director of the Medical School's Bioethics Program, studies the allocation of scarce healthcare resources, especially the perspectives of patients and citizens. Results from projects using the CHAT (Choosing Healthplans All Together) allocation game have been published and presented in national and international venues. CHAT won the 2003 Paul Ellwood Award and is listed in the Foundation for Accountability's database of Innovators and Visionariesa. Dr. Goold's paper "Will Insured Citizens Give Up Benefits to Include the Uninsured?" was awarded the 2002 Mark S. Ehrenreich Prize for Research in Healthcare Ethics. CHAT has been used by educators, community-based organizations, employer groups, and others in order to obtain input on health benefit priorities; the game is now available on CD-ROM and an online version is scheduled for completion in 2004.

CHAT for educators

Film clip from CHAT in India
More information about CHAT
Pictures

CHAT publications

Recent & Current CHAT Projects

Dr. Goold pursues a second, related (honest) area of scholarly interest, the philosophical and empirical study of trust relationships in health care settings.

Dr. Goold directs the Graduate Medical Education in Ethics Program, an innovative cross-departmental initiative to design and implement an ethics curriculum for resident physicians.

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