Health Care, Ethics and Insurance

ISBN-13: 9780415162845 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 256 str.

Tom Sorell Ltd;Tom Sorell;Tom Sorell Ltd

Opis

Health Insurance and Ethics provides an essential survey of the key ethical issues in health insurance.
Topics covered include:
* AIDS
* genetic engineering
* screening
* underwriting
* new disability legislation
* the ethics of private and public health insurance.
This comprehensive and sometimes controversial book will be valuable reading for students and teachers of Business Studies as well as health professionals.

Recenzje

'An insightful and enjoyable read, unique for bringing together such interestingly varied authors ... a valuable and thought-provoking contribution to the ongoing public policy debate.' - Health Service Journal

'Thought-provoking and interesting.' Educka

'An excellent resource.' - Journal of Medical Ethics

Spis treści

List of tables, List of contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction, PART I. The ethics of underwriting, 1. The freedom to underwrite, 2. Freedom within limits: underwriting and ethics, 3. Genetics and ethics: the scientific background, 4. Genetics and insurance, 5. HIV and insurance, 6. Disability and insurance, PART II. Public or private provision?, 7. Ethical issues in social insurance for health, 8. More private health insurance is desirable and inevitable, 9. Equal access to health care: a problematic ideal, 10. Public or private? Insurance and pensions, 11. Assurance, pensioning and long-term care, Index

O autorze

Tom Sorell Ltd, Tom Sorell