Healthcare Funding and Christian Ethics

"A necessary book for healthcare professionals and theologians struggling with moral questions about rationing in healthcare. This book outlines a Christian ethical basis for how decisions about health care funding and priority-setting ought to be made"--

List of contents

1. Ethics and health economics; 2. The call for compassionate action to meet needs; 3. The call for social justice in healthcare funding; 4. The call to responsible stewardship; 5. A Christian ethic of healthcare funding; 6. Envoi.

About the author

Stephen Duckett is affiliated with the Religion and Social Policy Network, University of Divinity and is an honorary professor in the School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne. An Australian health economist, with a career that spans academic and senior management and policy roles in health care in Australia and Canada, he is a fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Duckett, Stephen (School of Population and Global Duckett, Stephen (University of Divinity Duckett, Duckett Stephen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2023
• EAN: 9781009260664
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0926066-4
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: New Studies in Christian Ethics; New Studies in Christian Ethic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Health economics, RELIGION / Ethics, Ethics & moral philosophy, Welfare economics, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religious ethics