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Hard Choices In Health Care - Softcover

Lenaghan, Jo

 
9780727910813: Hard Choices In Health Care

Synopsis

In this fascinating book, leading workers from seven European countries address the conflict between those calling for an increase in patients′ rights and those urging more stringent rationing of health services. Going beyond structures and organisations, it considers the fundamental issues such as equity, rights, and social solidarity.

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Synopsis

The gap between demand and supply is widening at a time of increased patient expectations, and there is a conflict between those calling for an increase in patients' rights and those urging for more stringent rationing of health services. This text is the result of a radical attempt to reconcile these two apparently contradictory aims. Authors from seven European countries consider rights-based approach to rationing and tackle the question of whether it is possible or desirable to develop a basic package of health care to which all citizens would be entitiled?

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