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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818698103321

Titolo

Distributing health care : principles, practices and policies / / edited and introduced by Niall Maclean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter, : Imprint Academic, c2007

ISBN

1-283-44529-8

9786613445292

1-84540-276-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs

Altri autori (Persone)

MacleanNiall <1972->

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Health services accessibility - Moral and ethical aspects

Public health - Moral and ethical aspects

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Notes on Contributers; Introduction; Distributing Health Care; The Public Funding of Health Care; Philosophical Approaches to The Problem of Health Care Distribution; The UK System of Health Funding and Resource Allocation: What Ethical Foundations?; Better Ways to Allocate Health Resources in the UK?; Just Caring: The Ethical Challenges of Health Care Reform in the USA; The Ethics of Access to Health Care in Australia; Equity & the Ethics of the South African Health System; Back Matter; References; Also Available

Sommario/riassunto

How ought a society to distribute its publicly funded healthcare resources? Few questions are in more urgent need of an answer. This multidisciplinary investigation brings together the insights of philosophy, clinical science, health economics, operational research and public policy analysis....