Greg Bognar,Iwao Hirose
The Ethics of Health Care Rationing: An Introduction
The Ethics of Health Care Rationing: An Introduction
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Rationing of health care is universal and inevitable due to aging populations, and The Ethics of Health Care Rationing is a comprehensive introduction to this important topic. It examines distributive principles, cost-effectiveness, discrimination, and the price of pharmaceutical drugs and medical therapies. Examples from the US, UK, and other countries are used to illustrate ethical issues.
Format: Hardback
Length: 194 pages
Publication date: 17 March 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
The rationing of healthcare is a universal and inevitable phenomenon that occurs in both poor and affluent countries, across both publicly funded and private healthcare systems. As aging populations continue to strain the availability of resources, it becomes essential to budget for and dispense healthcare effectively.
The Ethics of Health Care Rationing serves as a comprehensive and timely introduction to this crucial topic. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated, incorporating new chapters on disability discrimination and age discrimination, as well as on the price of drugs and medical therapies. The book begins by providing a helpful overview of why rationing is an ethical problem, and then delves into the following key topics:
What distributive principles should we rely on when considering healthcare rationing?
What is the relationship between ethics and cost-effectiveness in healthcare?
How should we approach controversies surrounding discrimination over disability and age?
How should we approach controversies surrounding rationing and the price of pharmaceutical drugs and medical therapies?
Should patients be held responsible for their health?
Why does the debate on responsibility for health lead to issues about socioeconomic status and social inequality?
Throughout the book, examples from the United States, the United Kingdom, and other countries are used to illustrate the ethical issues at stake. Additional features such as chapter summaries, annotated further reading, and discussion questions have also been updated, making this an ideal starting point for students new to the subject, not only in philosophy but also in closely related fields such as politics, health economics, public health, medicine, nursing, and social work.
Weight: 453g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367505219
Edition number: 2 ed
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