Individual responsibility, justice and access to health care

The aim of this thesis is to examine whether it is morally defensible to use lifestyle as one of the criteria for rationing health care. I argue that it is not justifiable to use former lifestyle to select patients for treatment. Chapter one outlines the principles of the NHS and discusses the reali...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Norton, Lavinia Jane
Other Authors: Jackson, J.
Published: University of Leeds 2001
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.416488