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Distributing Health Care : Principles, Practices and Politics.

How ought a society to distribute its publicly funded healthcare resources? Few questions are in more urgent need of an answer. This multidisciplinary investigation brings together the insights of philosophy, clinical science, health economics, operational research and public policy analysis ...

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maclean, Niall
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Luton : Andrews UK Ltd., 2011.
Colección:St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs, 8.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Notes on Contributers; Introduction; Distributing Health Care; The Public Funding of Health Care; Philosophical Approaches to The Problem of Health Care Distribution; The UK System of Health Funding and Resource Allocation: What Ethical Foundations?; Better Ways to Allocate Health Resources in the UK?; Just Caring: The Ethical Challenges of Health Care Reform in the USA; The Ethics of Access to Health Care in Australia; Equity & the Ethics of the South African Health System; Back Matter; References; Also Available