Distributive justice and the new medicine /

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Author / Creator:	Smith, George P., II (George Patrick), 1939-
Imprint:	Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 187 p.)
Language:	English
Subject:	Medical economics -- Moral and ethical aspects. Distributive justice.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12241915

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Other authors / contributors:	Edward Elgar Publishing.
ISBN:	9781848441484 (e-book)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	The author begins by examining various economic constructs as aids for achieving a fair and equitable delivery of health care services. He then assesses their level of practical application and evaluates the costs and benefits to society of pursuing the development and use of the 'New Medicine'. The book ends with a case study of organ and tissue transplantation that illustrates the implementation of distributive justice. The author concludes that as long as clinical medicine maintains its focus on healing and alleviating suffering among patients, a point of equilibrium will be reached that advances the common good.
Other form:	184720757X (hbk.) 9781847207579 (hardback) 9781849800624 (pbk.)

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