Universal Access on the American Commons
As the concept of universal access to healthcare comes to America, an ethical paradox emerges. “Access” is the code word for being assured that sick people without financial resources get appropriate medical care. There is an ethical imperative to provide care for the sick – whether paying or not –...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1994
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 1994, Volume: 3, Issue: 4, Pages: 627-628 |
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| Summary: | As the concept of universal access to healthcare comes to America, an ethical paradox emerges. “Access” is the code word for being assured that sick people without financial resources get appropriate medical care. There is an ethical imperative to provide care for the sick – whether paying or not – and this value ought to give direction to any reformed system. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S096318010000551X |