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American health care : realities, rights, and reforms /
This book provides a moral evaluation of American health care. It is in three main parts: a review and analysis of conditions bearing on access to quality health care, a philosophical analysis and defence of the concept of a moral right to health care, and a discussion of various policy alternatives...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1988.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I: Realities
- 1. Some American Health Care Realities: Access to Needed Care; Quality of Care; Rising Costs
- Part II: Rights
- 2. A Right to Health Care: The Concept of a Right; For and Against a Right to Health Care
- 3. Utilitarianism: Optimal Consequences; Prudent Insurance
- 4. Egalitarianism: Equal Intrinsic Value; Substantive Equality
- 5. Libertarianism: Liberty and Ownership; Compensatory Rights
- 6. Contractarianism: The Social Contract; Liberty, Opportunity, and Wealth
- 7. Plural Foundations: Proof and Persons; Four Health Care Rights; Rights, Clarity, and Ideals
- Part III: Reforms
- 8. Market Reforms: Pure Competition; A Hobbled Market
- 9. DRGs, HMOs, and Vouchers: Price Controls; Prepaid Group Practice; Cash and Voucher Plans
- 10. National Health Care Plans: Medicare and Medicaid; National Health Insurance; A National Health Care Service.