Who should we Treat?

Zusatztext ...richly illuminates the trade-offs among the central indcators of a cost-effective health service - access! equity! quality! choice and cost. ...written in a language that is accessible to the medical profession and to the lay public. It also has important observations for health law and ethics. Informationen zum Autor Christopher Newdick is a Barrister and the Reader in Health Law at the University of Reading. He is also an honorary consultant to Reading Primary Care Trust, and a member of the Berkshire Priorities Committee. Zusammenfassung Increasingly, patients are regarded as 'consumers' of medical services, and yet demand for medical care exceeds the resources that are made available for it. How should the NHS manage the dilemmas presented by scarce resources? Who Should We Treat? examines the economic, political, and legal environment of patients' rights in the NHS.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Newdick, Christopher (Barrister and Reader in Health Law at the University of Reading) Newdick
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.02.2005
• EAN: 9780199264186
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926418-6
• No. of pages: 298
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Allgemeinmedizin, England, Wales, Public Health und Präventivmedizin, Medizinethik, Standesregeln, Medizinverwaltung und -management, Medizinrechtliche Fragen, Öffentliches Gesundheits- und Sicherheitsrecht, Seuchenrecht