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The misfortunes of others : end-stage renal disease in the United Kingdom
- Title
- The misfortunes of others : end-stage renal disease in the United Kingdom / Thomas Halper.
- Author
- Halper, Thomas.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | RA645.K5 H33 1989 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 219 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- In this book the policies and practices of the British National Health Service in treating kidney disease are looked at. Due to the lack of available resources, not everyone can be treated. The author discusses several issues, both ethical and political arising out of this situation.
- Series Statement
- Studies in philosophy and health policy
- Uniform Title
- Studies in philosophy and health policy
- Subject
- National Health Service
- Chronic renal failure > Great Britain
- Medical policy > Great Britain
- Medical policy
- Health Policy
- Kidney Failure, Chronic > epidemiology
- Chronic renal failure
- Chronische Niereninsuffizienz
- Gesundheitspolitik
- Nierziekten
- Behandelingsmethoden
- United Kingdom > epidemiology
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [185]-213.
- Contents
- Machine derived contents note: List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. End-stage renal disease in the United Kingdom; 2. Macroallocation; 3. Microallocation; 4. Some premature conclusions; References; Index.
- ISBN
- 0521350476
- 9780521350471
- LCCN
- 88022857
- OCLC
- ocm18255599
- 18255599
- SCSB-1923414
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library