American Health Care: Realities, Rights, and Reforms - Softcover

Dougherty, Charles J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195052722 ISBN 13: 9780195052725

Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc, 1988

Inhaltsangabe

Is our present health care system biased against people with limited education and income? Does every American have a moral right to health care? If so, what kinds of care and how much? In a provocative examination of American health care delivery, Charles J. Dougherty considers these and many other questions. His book fills an important niche in contemporary medical ethics and public health literature by combining a description and analysis of the American health care system--as it actually operates today--with an assessment of recent philosophical writings on justice. In the first section, Dougherty describes inequalities in health care delivery to blacks, the poor, and the less educated. He then reviews the philosophical theories of utilitarianism, egalitarianism, contractarianism, and libertarianism; applies them to health care issues; and argues for a moral right to health care. He considers available policy alternatives, concluding that the empirical data and our understanding of justice and human rights should commit us to a national health care plan supported by national health insurance.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1988
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0195052722
• ISBN 13: 9780195052725
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 227
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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