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Deciding between Patients
In Helga Kuhse & Peter Singer (eds.), A Companion to Bioethics. Malden, Mass., USA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 333–350 (1998)
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This chapter contains sections titled: What Is “Greater Need” for Health Care? Longevity Should the Health‐care System Maximize QALYs? QALYs and Equality The Evidence Base for QALY‐informed Decisions Choosing Between Claimants Allocation and Liberation Moral Evaluation of Persons Natural Justice Utility to Society Numbers of Dependents Age and Life Expectancy Fairness and Quality of Life Conclusion References.
necessity for choosing ‐ between patients presupposing scarcity of resources scarcity of resources for health care ‐ permanent and inescapable condition prioritizing patients ‐ in terms of their need for treatment health‐care system and maximizing QALYs evidence base for QALY‐informed decisions choosing between claimants allocation and liberation moral evaluation of persons
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