The need for healthcare / Rod Sheaff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheaff, Rod, author.

Series:

Social Ethics and Policy

Social Ethics and Policy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. National Health Service.

Great Britain.

Medical policy--Moral and ethical aspects--Great Britain.

Medical policy.

Medical care--Needs assessment.

Medical care.

Need (Philosophy).

Right to health.

Health Services Needs and Demand.

Health Policy.

Human Rights.

United Kingdom.

Medical Subjects:

Health Services Needs and Demand.

Health Policy.

Human Rights.

United Kingdom.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Need for health care

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The rhetoric of 'needs' has been used to legitimate all major turns in UK health policy since 1936. This study identifies the ethical, policy and technical issues arising from the concept of needs. In the first part a theory of needs is developed, which takes into account both the philosophical traditions and the practical problems arising in daily health care. In a second part, health systems throughout the world are described and compared, addressing ethical as well as economical questions. Its interdisciplinary approach will make The Need for Healthcare important reading not on

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; WHY A THEORY OF NEEDS?; WHAT KIND OF THEORY OF NEEDS?; NEEDS, NATURE AND SOCIETY; HEALTH NEEDS; DOES DOCTOR KNOW BEST?; NEEDS AND NORMALITY; DILEMMAS FOR HEALTH WORKERS; WHAT KIND OF HEALTH SYSTEM?; NEEDS, HEALTH AND MORALITY; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-224) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-85438-2

1-280-33310-3

0-203-02033-2

1-134-85439-0

9786610333103

9780203020333

OCLC:

437077104