Philip M Rosoff

Drawing the Line

Healthcare Rationing and the Cutoff Problem

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

American healthcare is neither efficient nor available to all, and is also the most expensive in the world. This book argues that rationing of healthcare could work and proposes an approach to ration fairly, effectively and generously.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780190206567
• ISBN-10: 019020656X
• Artikelnr.: 47864148

Autorenporträt

Dr. Philip M. Rosoff is Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. He is a Resident Scholar of the School of Medicine's Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine. He chairs Duke Hospital's Ethics Committee. He has had a long-standing interest in the intersection between clinical ethics and healthcare policy, especially in the setting of scarce resources.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1. The Problem
Chapter 2. Characteristics Used as Cutoff Points
Chapter 3. Needs, Wants, Preferences and Demands
Chapter 4. Prediction, Prognosis and Uncertainty
Chapter 5. Rules, Rescues and Miracles
Chapter 6. Luck
Chapter 7.Conclusions
Bibliography
Index