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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808588703321

Autore

Sheaff Rod.

Titolo

The need for healthcare / / Rod Sheaff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-85438-2

1-280-33310-3

0-203-02033-2

1-134-85439-0

9786610333103

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 pages)

Collana

Social Ethics and Policy.

Disciplina

174.2

362.1/01

Soggetti

Medical policy - Moral and ethical aspects - Great Britain

Medical care - Needs assessment

Need (Philosophy)

Right to health

Medical policy

Health Services Needs and Demand

Health Policy

Human Rights

United Kingdom

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 (pages 213-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; WHY A THEORY OF NEEDS?; WHAT KIND OF THEORY OF NEEDS?; NEEDS, NATURE AND SOCIETY; HEALTH NEEDS; DOES DOCTOR KNOW BEST?; NEEDS AND NORMALITY; DILEMMAS FOR HEALTH WORKERS; WHAT KIND OF HEALTH SYSTEM?; NEEDS, HEALTH AND MORALITY; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The rhetoric of 'needs' has been used to legitimate all major turns in UK health policy since 1936. This study identifies the ethical, policy and technical issues arising from the concept of needs. In the first part a



theory of needs is developed, which takes into account both the philosophical traditions and the practical problems arising in daily health care. In a second part, health systems throughout the world are described and compared, addressing ethical as well as economical questions. Its interdisciplinary approach will make The Need for Healthcare important reading not on