Dying in 559 Beds: Efficiency, 'Best Buys', and the Ethics of Standardization in National Health Care
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Battin, Margaret P.
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Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. 1992 Feb; 17(1): 59-77.
Abstract
While a national health care system may be greeted with enthusiasm on many grounds, it poses substantial moral problems -- not the least of which would be the clash between the 'standardization' of care for the sake of efficiency and the needs of individual patients. Such problems are best seen in the treatment of dying patients.
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1992-02Subject
Alternatives; Biomedical Technologies; Costs and Benefits; Dehumanization; Dying Patients; Economics; Ethics; Guidelines; Health; Health Care; Health Care Delivery; Health Insurance; Indigents; Insurance; International Aspects; Literature; Mass Screening; Medicine; National Health Insurance; Patient Care; Patients; Practice Guidelines; Preventive Medicine; Social Impact; Standards; State Medicine; Terminal Care;
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Dying in 559 Beds: Efficiency, 'Best Buys', and the Ethics of Standardization in National Health Care
Battin, Margaret P. (1992-02)While a national health care system may be greeted with enthusiasm on many grounds, it poses substantial moral problems -- not the least of which would be the clash between the 'standardization' of care for the sake ...