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Rationing

Module 08 PowerPoint Presentation (233K)
Allocation of Resources
Module 14 Presentation (207K)
Presentation for May 2, 2006
Module 14 Presentation (215K)
PowerPoint Presentation for 5/03/06
Module 14 U of Toronto Report on Ethics of Flu Pandemic  (26K)
Article/Commentary
"Bedside Rationing:" Is It Ethical, Would it be Effective?"
Discussion about rationing by physicians and the obligation to do so.
"Why We Must Ration Health Care"
NY Times Article
07/10/06 Who Pays for Twins' Dramatic Operation (36K)
Infertile couples to get just 'one shot' at IVF treatment
Module 14 Warm-Hearted Care?--or Cold-Hearted Rationing?
From the professional journal Medical Economics, a 2000 article considers whether age-based rationing may be making a comeback, under the guise of managed care.
Keywords: Rationing
Rationing Health Care - Price Controls Are Hazardous to Our health
An opinion piece by By Simon Rottenberg, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, and David J. Theroux, President of the Independent Institute.
Keywords: Price, Control
Rationing Health Care Among the Uninsured
From NBC News
Case
Module 09 Lessons from Allocating Scare Healthcare Resources: The Case of Distributing Organs (147K)
Case identified of a 42-year old Brooklyn mother of 5 children waiting for a lung transplant. Supporting information based on the case on lessons from allocating scarce healthcare resources.
Keywords: allocation, resource, case
Module 14 Ethics of Rationing: The Case of the Flu Vaccine (156K)
Keywords: Cases
Module 14 Suing to Stay on Life Support
Article discussing English court case in which a competent patient preemptively sought a legal ruling to prevent the withdrawl of hydration.
Keywords: hydration, withdrawal, law
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