Mortal Peril: Our Inalienable Right to Health Care? - Softcover

Epstein, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738201898 ISBN 13: 9780738201894

Publisher: Perseus, 2000

Synopsis

Most Americans assume that universal access to health care is a desirable and humane political goal. Not so, says distinguished legal scholar Richard Epstein. In this seminal work, he explodes the unspoken assumption that a government-administered, universal health-care system would be a boon to America. Basing his argument in our common law traditions that limit the collective responsibility for an individual's welfare, he provides a political and economic analysis which suggests that unregulated provision of health care will, in the long run, guarantee greater access to quality medical care for more people. He also authoritatively documents the ways in which government regulation has actually reduced the availability of organs for vitally needed transplants, and has interfered with a sensible policy toward euthanasia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Perseus
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0738201898
• ISBN 13: 9780738201894
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 524