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Just Caring: Health Care Rationing and Democratic Deliberation

AUTHOR Fleck, Leonard M.; Fleck; Fleck, Leonard M.
PUBLISHER Oxford University Press, USA (03/30/2009)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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What does it mean to be a "just" and "caring" society when we have only limited resources to meet unlimited health care needs? Do we believe that all lives are of equal value? Is human life priceless? Should a "just" and "caring" society refuse to put limits on health care spending?

In Just Caring, Leonard Fleck reflects on the central moral and political challenges of health reform today. He cites the millions of Americans who go without health insurance, thousands of whom die prematurely, unable to afford the health care needed to save their lives. Fleck considers these deaths as contrary to our deepest social values, and makes a case for the necessity of health care rationing decisions. The core argument of this book is that no one has a moral right to impose rationing decisions on others if they are unwilling to impose those same rationing decisions on themselves in the same medical circumstances. Fleck argues we can make health care rationing fair, in ways that are mutually respectful, if we engage in honest rational democratic deliberation. Such civic engagement is rare in our society, but the alternative is endless destructive social controversy that is neither just nor caring.

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ISBN-13: 9780195128048
ISBN-10: 0195128044
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 480
Carton Quantity: 16
Product Dimensions: 6.40 x 1.30 x 9.30 inches
Weight: 1.75 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Dust Cover, Table of Contents
Country of Origin: GB
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Medical | Public Health
Medical | Ethics
Dewey Decimal: 362.104
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008040396
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What does it mean to be a "just" and "caring" society when we have only limited resources to meet unlimited health care needs? Do we believe that all lives are of equal value? Is human life priceless? Should a "just" and "caring" society refuse to put limits on health care spending?

In Just Caring, Leonard Fleck reflects on the central moral and political challenges of health reform today. He cites the millions of Americans who go without health insurance, thousands of whom die prematurely, unable to afford the health care needed to save their lives. Fleck considers these deaths as contrary to our deepest social values, and makes a case for the necessity of health care rationing decisions. The core argument of this book is that no one has a moral right to impose rationing decisions on others if they are unwilling to impose those same rationing decisions on themselves in the same medical circumstances. Fleck argues we can make health care rationing fair, in ways that are mutually respectful, if we engage in honest rational democratic deliberation. Such civic engagement is rare in our society, but the alternative is endless destructive social controversy that is neither just nor caring.

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