The rationing of health care: A doctor's dilemma

Physicians are currently presented with very difficult ethical issues regarding who receives what level of medical care and for how long. A meaningful response to these perplexing issues necessitates a collaboration of doctors with others steeped in religious and ethical traditions. This paper addre...

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Published in:Journal of religion and health
Main Author: Fins, Joseph J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [1993]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 1993, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 9-20
Further subjects:B Ethical Issue
B Health Care
B Religious Community
B Medical Care
B Complicated Issue
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Summary:Physicians are currently presented with very difficult ethical issues regarding who receives what level of medical care and for how long. A meaningful response to these perplexing issues necessitates a collaboration of doctors with others steeped in religious and ethical traditions. This paper addresses the complicated issue of the rationing of health care, and this issue is then addressed by responses from representatives of the religious community. This symposium took place at the New York Hospital—Cornell Medical Center in March 1991.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF00995812