James Sabin

James Evan Sabin
Born1939
Alma materHarvard College (BA, Philosophy and Psychology, 1960)
Harvard Medical School (MD, 1964)
Known foraccountability for reasonableness, psychiatric ethics, healthcare ethics
Scientific career
Fieldspsychiatry, population health, health ethics, philosophy, ethics
InstitutionsHarvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University

James Evan Sabin is an American psychiatrist, bioethicist, and health policy scholar. He is best known for his co-development of the “Accountability for Reasonableness” (A4R) ethical framework for fair health care resource allocation, in collaboration with philosopher Norman Daniels. Sabin's work integrates clinical psychiatry, ethics, and organizational decision-making in managed care and public health systems.