Rationing Medical Care on the Basis of Age: The Moral DimensionsRadcliffe Publishing, 2005 - 159 Seiten "Rationing Medical Care on the Basis of Age" explores this highly topical issue and presents a critical argument on the nature of the possible crisis. Its in-depth philosophical analysis of the main ethical positions adopts an interdisciplinary and international approach. This book is important reading for healthcare policy makers and shapers and healthcare managers. Academics in ethics, philosophy, economics, and all healthcare disciplines will find it useful, as will public health specialists, health economists, and social scientists with an interest in health and medicine. |
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Policy implications | 101 |
NHS principles and priorities 19422003 | 107 |
Justice and solidarity with the old two complementary | 121 |
Justice and the Nordic healthcare systems | 135 |
References | 149 |
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