Rationing is not a four-letter word [electronic resource] : setting limits on health care / Philip M. Rosoff.
Rosoff, Philip M., author.
2014
RA410.5 .R67 2014eb
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Title Rationing is not a four-letter word [electronic resource] : setting limits on health care / Philip M. Rosoff.
Author Rosoff, Philip M., author.
ISBN 9780262320764 electronic book
9780262027496
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, 2014.
Copyright ©2014
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 320 pages)
Call Number RA410.5 .R67 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.4/73621
Summary "Most people would agree that the healthcare system in the United States is a mess. Healthcare accounts for a larger percentage of gross domestic product in the United States than in any other industrialized nation, but health outcomes do not reflect this enormous investment. In this book, Philip Rosoff offers a provocative proposal for providing quality healthcare to all Americans and controlling the out-of-control costs that threaten the economy. He argues that rationing--often associated in the public's mind with such negatives as unplugging ventilators, death panels, and socialized medicine--is not a dirty word. A comprehensive, centralized, and fair system of rationing is the best way to distribute the benefits of modern medicine equitably while achieving significant cost savings. Rosoff points out that certain forms of rationing already exist when resources are scarce and demand high: the organ transplant system, for example, and the distribution of drugs during a shortage. He argues that if we incorporate certain key features from these systems, healthcare rationing would be fair--and acceptable politically. Rosoff considers such topics as fairness, decisions about which benefits should be subject to rationing, and whether to compensate those who are denied scarce resources. Finally, he offers a detailed discussion of what an effective and equitable healthcare rationing system would look like."--Book jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series Basic bioethics.
Available in Other Form Rationing is not a four-letter word.
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The "evil" of healthcare rationing
Existing rationing systems: organ transplantation, scarce drugs, and Oregon
Fairness
The cutoff problem, of Where and how to draw the line
Losers
Limits to fairness in a democracy
Summing up.

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