Medical Benefit and the Human Lottery An Egalitarian Approach to Patient Selection
He argues that final selection criteria should be based on fair chances that equalize opportunity as opposed to best outcomes. His defence of "hardy" egalitarianism aims to show that random selection by lottery can affirm both a common humanity and the equal value of lives. The notion of p...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2004, 2004
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2004 |
| Series: | International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Tragic Decisions
- Patient Selection and Medical Utility
- The Comparative Value of Lives
- Medical Utility Judgements and Rights
- Adequate Conscious Life and Age-Related Need
- Fair Innings and Need over a Lifetime
- Levels of Benefit, Utility Scores and the QALY Debate
- An Egalitarian Ethos
- A Threshold Level of Medical Benefit
- Waiting Lists and Lotteries in Practice
- Common Humanity and Reandom Selection
- Chance and the Challenge of Living