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Rationing Medical Care: Processes for Defining Adequacy

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The Price of Health

Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine ((PHME,volume 21))

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For most people, health care is special because of its importance in preventing pain and suffering, preserving the ability to pursue a normal life plan, providing information and relieving worry, and reflecting a community’s concern for its members. As a result, ensuring access to health care is an important goal for modern societies. Translating this goal into practical policy, however, has proved more difficult than accepting it in principle.

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    Mary Ann Baily

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    Charles E. Begley

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Baily, M.A. (1986). Rationing Medical Care: Processes for Defining Adequacy. In: Agich, G.J., Begley, C.E. (eds) The Price of Health. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4704-7_9

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