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Tara Bladt1, Thomas Vorup-Jensen1, Eva Sædder1
1Tara Bladt, M.Sc., teaches in the Danish College of Pharmacy Technicians, Denmark; Thomas Vorup-Jensen, M.Sc., Ph.D., D.M.Sc., is a Professor in the Department of Biomedicine at Aarhus University, Denmark; Eva Sædder, M.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Biomedicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark; Mette Ebbesen, M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Science Studies, and Department of Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to investigate the ethical dilemma of prioritising financial resources to expensive biological therapies. For this purpose, the four principles of biomedical ethics formulated by ethicists Tom Beauchamp and James Childress were used as a theoretical framework. Based on arguments of justice, Beauchamp and Childress advocate for a health care system organised in line with the Danish system. Notably, our study was carried out in a Danish setting.
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