Health Care and Distributive Justice.
Abstract
Health care has reached a level of crisis in the United States. Costs are skyrocketing while thirty-five million individuals are uninsured. Certain characteristics and economic aspects unique to American health care contributed to the overall problem. Efforts to gain control of the crisis will center around two main issues: access and cost containment. Ethical principles, particularly distributive justice, or the allocation of scarce resources, must be considered. Discussions of rationing occur with increasing frequency in political, social and professional circles. Ultimately, we must be prepared to address whether or not we can increase health care access and control cost without implementing some form of rationing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA278278
Entities
People
- Evelyn R. Shaia
Organizations
- Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy