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The QALY Argument: A Physician's and a Philosopher's View
(1990-06)The arguments used by Gavin Mooney in his scornful response to "Castigating QALYs" are examined. In spite of the rhetoric there is a broad measure of agreement about the deficiencies of QALYs as a means of distributing ... -
QALYfying the Value of Life
(1987-09)This paper argues that the Quality Adjusted Life Year or QALY is fatally flawed as a way of priority setting in health care and of dealing with the problem of scarce resources. In addition to showing why this is so the paper ... -
QALYs and Justice
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QALYs and Justice
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QALYs and the Mentally Handicapped
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QALYs or Short Straws
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QALYs, Age and Fairness
(1992-10)...We can therefore conclude that either we should go for equality; and in that case QALYs are unfair because they haven't got enough of an ageist bias. Or we should accept consequentialism; and in that case QALYs have ... -
QALYs, Lotteries and Veils: The Story So Far
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QALYs, Lotteries, and Veils
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QALYs: A Nurse's View
(1993)Examines the political and ideological significance of measures of quality of life, specifically Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs). Briefly reviews recent developments in the debate surrounding the economic and political ... -
QALYs: Are They Enough? a Health Economist's Perspective
(1989-09)John Rawles's criticism of QALYs are seen as being both imprecise and largely unhelpful. This paper accepts that there are problems in both QALYs themselves and in the current decision-making processes which they seek ... -
QALYs: Their Ethical Implications
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QL Revisited
(1988)Quality of life considerations should be central to moral decisionmaking in medicine. The formula QL = NE x (H + S) identifies the central components in determinations of quality of life. Critics have confused the validity ... -
A Qualified Bioethic: Particularity in James Gustafson and Stanley Haurwas
(1993-12)Most theoretical approaches in bioethics begin with a theory that articulates and defends basic principles or rules that are more or less systematically related and that seek to yield more or less precise conclusions with ... -
Quality and Equity in Dialysis and Renal Transplantation
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Quality and the Invisible Man
(1998-12-12) -
Quality and the Medical Marketplace: Following Elephants
(1996-09-19) -
Quality Care and Clinical Ethics
(1992-01) -
Quality End-of-Life Care: Patients' Perspectives
(1999-01-13)CONTEXT: Quality end-of-life care is increasingly recognized as an ethical obligation of health care providers, both clinicians and organizations. However, this concept has not been examined from the perspective of patients. ... -
Quality Medical Care: A Definition
(1988-07-01)The definition of quality medical care as the capacity of the elements of that care to achieve legitimate medical and nonmedical goals is compared with other current definitions. The difficulty of choosing goals is reflected ... -
Quality of Care in Investor-Owned vs Not-for-Profit HMOs
(1999-07-14)CONTEXT: The proportion of health maintenance organization (HMO) members enrolled in investor-owned plans has increased sharply, yet little is known about the quality of these plans compared with not-for-profit HMOs. OBJECTIVE: ... -
Quality of Death After Discontinuation of Dialysis
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Quality of Life
(1986-02)