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Like most people in well-off countries, I had been aware that for a long time government officials have been concerned about the high, ever-expanding costs of health care, but since I was well insured through my university, I had little private concern. A more personal interest in this topic was sparked by a visit to a hospital ethics committee in Eugene, Oregon, arranged by a physician of my acquaintance who was on the committee. My interest was to obtain a personal impression of the kinds of ethical questions that are brought up in such settings and how they are dealt with.
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Thompson, A. (2001). Cost, Distributive Justice and Noblesse Oblige . In: Thompson, A., Temple, N.J. (eds) Ethics, Medical Research, and Medicine. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0794-8_2
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