Rationing and resource allocation in healthcare / edited by Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., Harald Schmidt, M.A., Ph.D., Andrew Steinmetz, B.A.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Emanuel, Ezekiel J., 1957- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Medical ethics.
• Health care rationing.
• Health facilities--Moral and ethical aspects.
• Health facilities.

Physical Description:

vii,558 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Contents:

• 1 The Ethics of Rationing, Resource Allocation, and Priority Setting p. 1
• Part I Conceptual Distinctions and Ethical Theory p. 11
• 2 Defining Rationing, Resource Allocation, and Priority Setting p. 13
• "The Health Care Resource Allocation Debate: Defining Our Terms" p. 19 / D. C. Hadorn and R H. Brook
• "Will We Need to Ration Effective Health Care?" p. 22 / R. H. Brook and K. N. Lohr
• "Is Rationing Inevitable?" p. 26 / A. S. Relman
• "'Rationing' Health Care: Not All Definitions Are Created Equal" p. 28 / P. A. Ubel and S. Goold
• "'Rationing' Health Care: What Does It Mean?" p. 31 / U. E. Reinhardt
• 3 General Ethical Theory p. 34
• "Utilitarianism, Liberty & Representative Government" p. 43 / J. S. Mill
• "Utilitarianism: For and Against" p. 46 / J. J. Smart and B. Williams
• "Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals" p. 51 / I. Kant
• "A Theory of Justice" p. 57 / J. Rawls
• "Contemporary Political Philosophy" p. 64 / W. Kymlicka
• "Luck, Egalitarianism, and Prioritarianism" p. 69 / R. J. Arneson
• "Health, Luck, and justice" p. 76 / S. Segall
• "What Is Egalitarianism?" p. 83 / S. Scheffler
• "The Ends of Human Life: Medical Ethics in a Liberal Polity" p. 94 / E. Emanuel
• Part II Absolute Scarcity: Rationing p. 101
• 4 Historical Examples of Rationing p. 103
• "Scarce Resources and Medical Advancement" p. 109 / H. K. Beecher
• "The Discovery of Insulin" p. 114 / M. Bliss
• "More Penicillin: America Speeds Production of This Bacteria Killer" p. 121 / W. L. Laurence
• "Set Plans to Rule Penicillin Supply" p. 123 / W. L. Laurence
• "Gonorrhea-a Question of Tactics" p. 124 / J. Howie
• "They Decide Who Lives, Who Dies: Medical Miracle Puts a Moral Burden on a Small Committee" p. 126 / S. Alexander
• 5 Theories and Principles of Rationing p. 136
• "The Allocation of Exotic Medical Lifesaving Therapy" p. 142 / N. Rescher
• "Casting and Drawing Lots: A Time Honoured Way of Dealing with Uncertainty and Ensuring Fairness" p. 148 / W. A. Silverman and I. Chalmers
• "Equal Treatment and Equal Chances" p. 150 / F. M. Kamm
• "Setting Limits: Medical Goals in an Aging Society" p. 154 / D. Callahan
• "Intergenerational Equity An Exploration of the 'Fair Innings' Argument" p. 154 / A. Williams
• "The Value of Life: An Introduction to Medical Ethics" p. 168 / J. Harris
• "Concerns for the Worse Off: Fair Innings Versus Severity" p. 176 / E. Nord
• "Should Alcoholics Compete Equally for Liver Transplantation?" p. 184 / A. H. Moss and M. Siegler
• "Social Acceptability, Personal Responsibility and Prognosis in Public Judgments and Transplant Allocation" p. 189 / P. A. Ubel and J. Baron and D. A. Asch
• "Principles for Allocation of Scarce Medical Interventions" p. 192 / G. Persad and A. Wertheimer and E. Emanuel
• "Complete Lives in the Balance" p. 208 / S. J. Kerstein and G. Bognar
• 6 Organ Transplantation p. 213
• UNOS/OPTN, "OPTN Policies: Section 3.6 Allocation of Livers" p. 218
• "Overview of the MELD Score and the UNOS Adult Liver Allocation System" p. 224 / A. P. Martin, et al.,
• "How Did Steve Jobs Get His Liver?" p. 231 / W. Saletan
• "Transplants, Morality and Mickey" p. 233 / G. Kolata
• "An Ethical Dilemma with Few Precedents" p. 235 / S. G. Stolberg and L. K. Altman
• 7 Vaccine Allocations in Emergencies p. 238
• US Department of Health and Human Services, "HHS Pandemic influenza Plan" p. 244
• "Who Should Get Influenza Vaccine When Not All Can?" p. 252 / E. Emanuel and A. Wertheimer
• US Department of Health and Human Services, "Guidance on Allocating and Targeting Pandemic Influenza Vaccine" p. 256
• Ventilator Document Workgroup for the Ethics Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee to the Director, "Ethical Considerations for Decision Making Regarding Allocation of Mechanical Ventilators During a Severe Influenza Pandemic or Other Public Health Emergency" p. 258
• Part III Relative Scarcity: Resource Allocation p. 267
• 8 From Rationing to Resource Allocation: Cases of Conversion and Historical Context of Efforts to Ensure Quality and Value of Healthcare p. 269
• "National Health Insurance Proposals, Part 7 House Ways and Means Committee, 92nd Congress" p. 274 / S. Gazer
• "tHealth Technology Assessment: History and Demand" p. 277 / A. Stevens and R. Milne and A. Burls
• "History of HTA: Introduction" p. 281 / D. Banta and E. Jonsson
• 9 Theories and Principles of Resource Allocation p. 285
• "What Care Is 'Essential'? What Services Are 'Basic'?" p. 292 / D. M. Eddy
• "Foundations of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for Health and Medical Practices" p. 297 / M. C. Weinstein and W. B. Statson
• "Ethical Issues in Resource Allocation, Research, and New Product Development" p. 300 / D. W. Brock and D. Wikler
• "Ethical Issues in the Use of Cost Effectiveness Analysis for the Prioritization of Health Resources" p. 303 / D. Brock
• "Toward a Broader View of Values in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Health" p. 306 / P. Menzel, et. al.,
• "The Rationing Debate: Maximising the Health of the Whole Community. The Case Against: What the Principle Objective of the NHS Should Really Be" p. 310 / J. Harris
• "Decisions About Access to Health Care and Accountability for Reasonableness" p. 313 / N. Daniels
• "Beyond Accountability for Reasonableness" p. 316 / A. Friedman
• 10 Implementing Principles in Policy and Practice p. 322
• "EBM, HTA, and CER: Clearing the Confusion" p. 333 / B. R. Luce, et al,
• "Comparative Effectiveness Research and Evidence-Based Health Policy: Experience from Four Countries" p. 337 / K. Chalkidou, et al.,
• "National Institute for Clinical Excellence and Its Value judgments" p. 342 / M. D. Rawlins and A. J. Culyer
• "The Limits and Challenges to the Economic Evaluation of Health Technologies" p. 346 / A. Oliver and C. Sorenson
• "Quality, Innovation, and Value for Money: NICE and the British National Health Service" p. 349 / S. D. Pearson and M. D. Rawlins
• "Health Technology Assessment: Reflection from the Antipodes" p. 352 / L. Bulfone and S. Younie and R. Carter
• "The Efficiency Frontier Approach to Economic Evaluation of Health-Care Interventions" p. 356 / J. J. Cam et al.,
• Institute of Medicine, "Essential Health Benefits: Balancing Coverage and Cost" p. 360
• "What's Going on in Oregon" p. 367 / D. M. Eddy
• "Setting Health Care Priorities in Oregon: Cost Effectiveness Meets the Rule of Rescue" p. 370 / D. C. Hadorn
• "Is the Oregon Rationing Plan Fair?" p. 376 / N. Daniels
• "Can Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Integrate Concerns for Equity? Systematic Review" p. 380 / M. Johri and O. F. Norheim
• "Public Engagement in Health Technology Assessment and Coverage Decisions: A Study of Experiences in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom" p. 384 / J. Kreis and H. Schmidt
• 11 Four Illustrative Cases: Colon Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Gaucher's Disease, and Antiretroviral Treatments (ARTs) p. 391
• "Choosing Among Treatment Options for Prostate Cancer: What Role Should Cost Play?" p. 397
• "Solving the Gaucher's Disease Dilemma: Connecting Patients with Exorbitantly Priced Drugs to Treat a Rare but Controllable illness" p. 404
• "Distributing Antiretroviral Treatments for HIV/AIDS: Who Should Get Treatment and Where Should Additional Health Assistance Funding Go?" p. 408
• 12 Ethics of Tiering p. 414
• "How to Defend a Public Health Care System: Lessons from Abroad" p. 420 / A. Maynard
• "Luxury Primary Care-Market Innovation or Threat to Access?" p. 422 / T. A. Brennan
• The Lancet, "A Morally Bankrupt Government Divides the NHS" p. 426
• Appendix A In "Access to Care, Access to Justice: The Legal Debate over Private Health Insurance in Canada" p. 427
• "Access and Ability to Pay: The Ethics of a Tiered Health Care System" p. 430 / B. J. Krohmal and E. J. Emanuel
• 13 Resource Allocation at the Bedside p. 436
• "The Doctor's Master" p. 442 / N. G. Levinsky
• "Bedside Rationing by Physicians: The Case Against" p. 444 / A. Schafer
• "Caring and Cost: The Challenge for Physician Advocacy" p. 447 / S. D. Pearson
• "The Unbearable Rightness of Bedside Rationing: Physician Duties in a Climate of Cost Containment" p. 451 / P. A. Ubel and R. Arnold
• "How Physicians Allocate Scarce Resources at the Bedside: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies" p. 455 / D. Strech and M. Synofzik and G. M. Marckmann
• "American College of Physicians Ethics Manual," Sixth Edition p. 459 / L. Snyder
• 14 Personal Responsibility for Health p. 463
• "Bonuses as incentives and Rewards for Health Responsibility: A Good Thing?" p. 471 / H. Schmidt
• "Wellness Incentives, Equity, and the Five Groups Problem" p. 477 / H. Schmidt
• "Financial Penalties for the Unhealthy? Ethical Guidelines for Holding Employees Responsible for Their Health" p. 481 / S. D. Pearson and S. R. Lieber
• "Personal Financial Incentives in Health Promotion. Where Do They Fit in an Ethic of Autonomy?" p. 489 / R. E. Ashcroft
• "Personal and Social Responsibility for Health" p. 494 / D. Wikler
• 15 Global Health Priorities p. 502
• "Global Health and National Borders: The Ethics of Foreign Aid in a Time of Financial Crisis" p. 510 / M. Johri, et al.,
• "Global Health Priorities-Priorities of the Wealthy?" p. 524 / E. Ollila
• "Report of the CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health Policy: A Healthier, Safer, and More Prosperous World" p. 528 / W. J. Fallon and H. D. Gayle
• "US Health Aids Beyond Pepfar: The Mother & Child Campaign" p. 531 / C. C. Denny and E. J. Emanuel
• "Prioritizing Child Health Interventions in Ethiopia: Modeling impact on Child Mortality, Life Expectancy and inequality in Age at Death" p. 535 / K. H. Onarheim, et al.,.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9780190200756
• 0190200758
• 9780190200763
• 0190200766

OCLC:

1019835255