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Distributing health care : principles, practices and policies / edited and introduced by Niall Maclean.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs.
- St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health services accessibility--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Health services accessibility.
- Public health--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Public health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Exeter : Imprint Academic, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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....
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-44529-8
- 9786613445292
- 1-84540-276-6
- OCLC:
- 745866964
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