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Health care rationing, non treatment and euthanasia
— ethical dilemmas | | Author(s) | Kenneth Howse |
| Journal title | IN: The social policy of old age: moving into the 21st century; edited by Miriam Bernard and Judith Phillips, 1998 |
| Publisher | Centre for Policy on Ageing, London, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 237-252 |
| Source | Central Books, 50 Freshwater Road, Chadwell Heath, Dagenham, RM8 1RX. |
| Keywords | Medical care ; Grant allocation ; Euthanasia ; Social ethics ; Rights [elderly] ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | The last fifty years have seen much change in medical practice and in public views about what should be permitted or required. This chapter provides an overview of recent developments regarding the right to autonomy in matters concerning ethics in medical practice. It also discusses health care rationing - the use of scarce resources and setting priorities for treatment - and the concept of the "quality adjusted life year" (QALY). Arguments relating to end of life decisions emphasise the threat to autonomy: treatment refusal and advanced directives; proxy decision-making for incompetent patients; and the case for a right to die. Debates on these themes are likely to continue for some years. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980311019 A |
| Classmark | LK: QCG: CY: TQ: IKR: TM2 |
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