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Ethical issues in health care institutions. Lesson Four: Allocation of medical resources
1Department of Philosophy, Western Michigan University.
Radiology Management
|February 3, 1992
Abstract:
Health care rationing is the subject of the fourth lesson in a five-part WMU/AHRA magazine course on ethics. Since not every citizen in our country is guaranteed the right to basic health care, there exists a rationing system in which health care is allocated on the basis of ability to pay and need, asserts Dr. Hartline. Ethical problems abound within this system. This article addresses the issues and proposes possible remedies.