Who Should We Treat?: Rights, Rationing, and Resources in the Nhs

ISBN-13: 9780199264179 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 298 str.

Christopher Newdick

Opis

The NHS has undergone substantial reform and investment since 1980, yet demand for care still exceeds supply and difficult choices remain between patients. Why is this so? On what basis should these decisions be made and by whom? As patients become 'consumers' of care, Who Should We Treat? puts patients' rights into their political, economic, and managerial perspectives to consider one of the most pressing problems in contemporary society.

Recenzje

...richly illuminates the trade-offs among the central indcators of a cost-effective health service - access, equity, quality, choice and cost. ...written in a language that is accessible to the medical profession and to the lay public. It also has important observations for health law and ethics.

O autorze

Christopher Newdick is Professor of Health Law at the University of Reading. He is also Honorary Consultant to Berkshire West PCT, and a member of the Berkshire Priorities Committee.