Healthcare rationing: constraints and equity

Authors
Little, JM
Citation
Jm. Little, Healthcare rationing: constraints and equity, MED J AUST, 174(12), 2001, pp. 641-642
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA
ISSN journal
0025729X → ACNP
Volume
174
Issue
12
Year of publication
2001
Pages
641 - 642
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-729X(20010618)174:12<641:HRCAE>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
. It is no longer possible or ethically acceptable to deny that rationing o ccurs in medical practice. . We ration already by using "contraindications to treatment". . There are no rationing criteria that are universally ethically acceptable . . We need ways to establish community preferences if we are to develop resp onsible methods of rationing healthcare services.