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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451039603321

Titolo

Health care, ethics and insurance / / edited by Tom Sorell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-71509-9

0-203-27439-3

1-280-33686-2

0-203-02124-X

9786610336869

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Professional ethics

Altri autori (Persone)

SorellTom

Disciplina

362.1/0941

Soggetti

Medical care - Great Britain

Medical ethics - Great Britain

Health insurance - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The ethics of underwriting; The freedom to underwrite; Freedom within limits: underwriting and ethics; Genetics and ethics: the scientific background; Genetics and insurance; HIV and insurance; Disability and insurance; Public or private provision?; Ethical issues in social insurance for health; More private health insurance is desirable and inevitable; Equal access to health care: a problematic ideal; Public or private? Insurance and pensions; Assurance, pensioning and long-term care; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive and sometimes controversial book provides an essential survey of the key issues in health insurance. It is a valuable read for students and teachers of Business Studies as well as health professionals of all kinds.