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The Price of health
- Title
- The Price of health / edited by George J. Agich and Charles E. Begley.
- Publication
- Dordrecht ; Boston : D. Reidel Pub. Co. ; Norwell, MA, U.S.A. : Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©1986.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | RA410.A2 P75 1986 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xxx, 280 pages; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Philosophy and medicine ; v. 21
- Uniform Title
- Philosophy and medicine ; v. 21.
- Subject
- National Health Service
- Medical economics > Moral and ethical aspects > Congresses
- Medical care > Cost effectiveness > Congresses
- Medical ethics > Congresses
- Medical economics
- Medical economics > Moral and ethical aspects
- Economics, Medical
- Ethics, Medical
- Medical economics
- Medical care > Cost effectiveness
- Medical economics > Moral and ethical aspects
- Medical ethics
- Ethik
- Gesundheitspolitik
- Gesundheitswesen
- Gesundheitsökonomie
- Kosten
- Medizinische Ethik
- Kongress
- Gezondheidszorg
- Beleid
- Economische aspecten
- Ethische aspecten
- United States
- USA
- Genre/Form
- Congress
- proceedings (reports)
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Konferenzschrift – 1985 – Houston Tex.
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Actes de congrès.
- Houston (Tex., 1985)
- Note
- Based on a conference entitled "The price of health: economics and ethics in medicine," held at the School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Tex., June 24-26, 1985.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Albert R. Jonsen -- Introduction / George J. Agich and Charles Begley -- Part I. Medical economics and ethics : some theoretical considerations -- Economics and the allocation of resources to improve health / Marc J. Roberts -- Economic cost and moral value / George J. Agich -- Part II. Costs and benefits in medicine : some philosophical views -- Computing the quality of life / E. Haavi Morreim -- CBA, utilitarianism and reliance upon intuitions / Peter S. Wenz -- Prior consent and valuing life / Paul T. Menzel -- Cost-benefit analysis, monetary value, and medical decision / Robert Audi -- Part III. Economics and ethics in health policy -- Intervention against genetic disease : economic and ethical considerations / Michael Swint and Michael M. Kaback -- Ethical reflections in genetic screening : a reply to Swint and Kaback / Stuart F. Spicker -- Rationing medical care : processes for defining adequacy / Mary Ann Baily -- Comments on "Rationing medical care : processes for defining adequacy" / David D. Friedman -- Rationing and publicity / Gerald R. Winslow -- Comments on "Rationing and publicity" / David D. Friedman -- Part IV. Controlling costs/maximizing profit : the role of providers -- Physicians and cost control / Charles E. Begley -- Shifting priorities and values : a challenge to the hospital's mission / Marc D. Hiller and Robin D. Gorsky -- Shifting the priorities and values : a commentary on Hiller and Gorsky / Lu Ann Aday.
- ISBN
- 9027722854
- 9789027722850
- LCCN
- 86021877
- OCLC
- ocm14214322
- 14214322
- SCSB-1193462
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library