Justice and Equal Opportunities in Health Care

The principle that each individual is entitled to an equal opportunity to benefit from any public health care system, and that this entitlement is proportionate neither to the size of their chance of benefitting, nor to the quality of the benefit, nor to the length of lifetime remaining in which tha...

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Main Author: Harris, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1999
In: Bioethics
Year: 1999, Volume: 13, Issue: 5, Pages: 392-404
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