Ethics of healthcare rationing.
John Butler.
- London : Cassell, 1999.
- 224p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Scarcity and rationing--2. Choosing between individuals--3. Ethics and the structures of health care rationing--4. Ethics and the processes of health care rationing--5. Ethics and the outcomes of health care rationing--6. Stories from the coal-face--7. Principles, practices and ethics.
This volume explains why, and in what ways, health care is being rationed in the late-1990s health service. It examines the ethical questions which arise from this rationing and includes personal case studies from surgeons to geriatric advisors.
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