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The question of distribution of scarce resources in health care involves deriving how much weight to give to such factors as differential outcome, aggregation of different people's needs and helping the worst off first. These three crucial issues are discussed.

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Published in:The Hastings Center report 1994-07, Vol.24 (4), p.29-32
Main Author: Kamm, Frances M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggregation
Bioethics
Death
Decision Making, Organizational
Ethical aspects
Ethical Theory
Ethics, Medical
Health care
Health care rationing
Health Care Rationing - standards
Health outcomes
Humans
Justice
Maximin
Medical care
Medical care utilization
Oregon
Patient Advocacy
Patient Selection
Pharyngitis
Quality of life
Randomness
Reasoning
Resource Allocation
Scarcity
Social Justice
Social policy
Symposium: Meeting the Challenges of Justice & Rationing
Treatment Outcome
Utilization
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Summary:The question of distribution of scarce resources in health care involves deriving how much weight to give to such factors as differential outcome, aggregation of different people's needs and helping the worst off first. These three crucial issues are discussed.
ISSN:0093-0334
1552-146X
DOI:10.2307/3562842