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Benchmarks of Fairness for Health Care Reform
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Benchmarks of Fairness for Health Care Reform Hardcover - 1996 - 1st Edition

by Caplan, Ronald L., Daniels, Norman, Light, Donald W

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  • Title Benchmarks of Fairness for Health Care Reform
  • Author Caplan, Ronald L., Daniels, Norman, Light, Donald W
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Date 1996-06-27
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 6276666-6
  • ISBN 9780195102376 / 0195102371
  • Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.16 x 0.48 in (23.62 x 15.65 x 1.22 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Health planning - Moral and ethical aspects, Health care reform - Moral and ethical
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95047820
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.1

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From the publisher

This book addresses probing questions by translating the general moral concept of fairness into specific criteria for measuring the fairness of proposals for health reform. The authors demonstrate how concerned members of the public and policy makers can apply their benchmarks by actually scoring four major proposals for health care reform exemplifying the most prevalent ideas of the 1990s. They pay particular attention to the moral foundation of reforms based on competition. Although some reform ideas fare better than others, all are found weak in establishing open, democratic procedures for deciding the limits of care. The book also appraises the changes caused by the rapid growth of managed care systems since the collapse of national reform. Written by a leading moral philosopher of health care, an internationally known sociologist, and a health economist, Benchmarks of Fairness should be read by citizens, physicians, nurses, employers, and politicians.

From the rear cover

These benchmarks of fairness represent the first time that a concept in moral philosophy has been transposed into a usable policy tool for scoring alternative proposals. The authors show how concerned members of the public and policy makers can use the benchmarks by actually scoring four major proposals for health care reform that exemplify the most prevalent ideas of the 1990s in state and national debates. The authors pay particular attention to the problems of fairness in reforms that rely on competition. Although some reform ideas fare much better that others, all are found weak in establishing open, democratic procedures for deciding the limits of care. They also assess the current changes brought on by the rapid growth of managed care systems since the collapse of national reform.

About the author

Norman Daniels, Ph.D., is Goldthwaite Professor of Philosophy and Medical Ethics at Tufts University. Donald W. Light, Ph.D., is Professor of Social and Behavioral Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Ronald L. Caplan, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Public Health at Richard Stockton State College.

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