Law, legitimacy, and the rationing of healthcare [electronic resource] : a contextual and comparative perspective / Keith Syrett
- 作者： Syrett, Keith
- 出版： Cambridge ;New York : Cambridge University Press 2007
- 叢書名： Cambridge law, medicine, and ethics ;v.6
- 主題： Health care rationing--Law and legislation , Health care rationing--Government policy , Health care rationing--Moral and ethical aspects , Health Care Rationing--legislation & jurisprudence--Canada , Health Care Rationing--legislation & jurisprudence--Great Britain , Health Care Rationing--legislation & jurisprudence--South Africa , Health Care Rationing--ethics--Canada , Health Care Rationing--ethics--Great Britain , Health Care Rationing--ethics--South Africa , Health Policy--Canada , Health policy--Great Britain , Health Policy--South Africa
- ISBN： 9780521674454 (pbk.) 、 052167445X (pbk.) 、 9780521857734 (hbk.) 、 0521857732 (hbk.) 、 9780511495380
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- 一般註：Includes bibliographical references and index
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- 系統號： 005159068 | 機讀編目格式
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Dr Keith Syrett argues for a reappraisal of the role of public law adjudication in questions of healthcare rationing. As governments worldwide turn to explicit rationing strategies to manage the mismatch between demand for and supply of health services and treatments, disappointed patients and the public have sought to contest the moral authority of bodies making rationing decisions. This has led to the growing involvement of law in this field of public policy. The author argues that, rather than bemoaning this development, those working within the health policy community should recognise the points of confluence between the principles and purposes of public law and the proposals which have been made to address rationing's 'legitimacy problem'. Drawing upon jurisprudence from England, Canada and South Africa, the book evaluates the capacity of courts to establish the conditions for a process of public deliberation from which legitimacy for healthcare rationing may be derived.