Setting limits fairly : can we learn to share medical resources? /

The central idea for this volume is that we lack consensus on principles for allocating resources and in the absence of such a consensus we must rely on a fair decision-making process for setting limits on health care.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Daniels, Norman, 1942-
Other Authors:	Sabin, James E.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Subjects:	Social medicine. Medical economics > Moral and ethical aspects. Right to health. Medical ethics. Health Care Rationing Social Medicine Ethics, Medical Médecine sociale. Économie de la santé > Aspect moral. Droit à la santé. Éthique médicale. MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment. Medical ethics Medical economics > Moral and ethical aspects Right to health Social medicine Système de soins de santé Justice sociale. Soins médicaux. Droit à la santé Économie de la santé Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Our lives in whose hands?
Justice, scarcity, and public accountability for limits
The legitimacy problem and fair process
Accountability for reasonableness
Managing last-chance therapies
Lung volume reduction surgery: a case study
Making pharmacy benefits accountable for reasonableness
Indirect limit setting: accountability for physician incentives
Accountability for reasonableness in action: public sector mental health contracting
An international learning curve
Learning to share medical resources.