Justice, Beneficence, or Common Sense?: The President's Commission's Report on Access to Health Care

The President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research published in March of 1983 its Report, Securing Access to Health Care: The Ethical Implications of Differences in the Availability of Health Services. Concluding that there are “ethic...

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Published in:The Journal of medicine and philosophy 1983-11, Vol.8 (4), p.381-388
Main Author: Sass, H M
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Advisory Committees
Beneficence
Bioethics
distribution
equality
Ethics
Germany, West
Health Policy
Health Services Accessibility
Human Rights
Humans
Internationality
justice
Moral Obligations
Resource Allocation
right to health care
Social Justice
Social Values
United States
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Ethics
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Health Services Accessibility
Human Rights
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Internationality
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