Ethics, health policy-making and the economic crisis: a qualitative interview study with European policy-makers

Abstract Background The economic crisis posed various challenges to policy-makers who had to decide on which health policy measures to focus on and on which to refrain from. The aim of this research was to assess the relevance of ethics and to highlight ethical dimensions in decision-taking by polic...

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Main Authors: Caroline Brall, Peter Schröder-Bäck, Rouven Porz, Farhang Tahzib, Helmut Brand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-019-1050-y