The Ethics of Health Care Rationing: Principles and Practices

This book is about scarcity and rationing in health care and the ethical questions they raise. It is based on the premise that if the aim of a responsible government is to balance the nation's varied claims upon the collective purse, then no government can be morally blamed for failing to remov...

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Main Author: Longo, M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2002
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2002, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 57
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