Ethical dimensions of health policy
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Ethical dimensions of health policy
（Oxford paperbacks）
Oxford University Press, 2006
- : pbk
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"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2006"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
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This book takes the interaction between bioethics and health policy to a new level. Moving beyond principles and normative frameworks, bioethicists writing in the volume consider the actual policy problems faced by health-care systems, while policy makers reflect on the moral values inherent in both the process and content of health policy. The book provides a history of the values implicit in US health policy, a discussion of the federal and state roles in policy
making, an ethical examination of the social goals expressed through various policies, an analysis of the role of public opinion in the creation of health policy, and an exploration of the value of the private sector in health policy. In addition, the authors examine some of the major ethical
controversies in health policy, such as the challenge of balancing ethical concerns with economic realities, the need to allocate scarce health resources fairly, the call for heightened accountability, and the impact of carious policies on vulnerable populations. The book concludes with an examination of the ethical issues in health services research, including the threats to privacy that arise in such research. To a greater extent than any previous volume, it establishes a stong connection
between the disciplines of medical ethics and health policy.
Table of Contents
- PART 1: IDENTIFYING THE GOALS OF HEALTH CARE
- PART 2: CONNECTING ETHICS AND HEALTH POLICY
- PART 3: EXAMINING THE ETHICS OF HOW POLICY IS MADE
- PART 4: ETHICAL CONTROVERSIES IN HEALTH POLICY
- RESOURCE ALLOCATION
- ACCOUNTABILITY
- VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
- ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
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