Rationing Talk and Action in Healthcare

This unique publication, co-published with the King's Fund, is about talk and action in health care rationing. It presents the latest thinking and practical experience in rationing today. Read about why rationing is inevitable, look at what the public thinks, and decide for yourself what action should be taken in the future

Bill New is the author of Rationing: Talk and Action in Healthcare, published by Wiley.

Introduction and context: introduction
The rationing agenda in the NHS
Responses to the rationing agenda
Talk: The inevitability of rationing in the NHS
Public opinion and rationing - a review of the evidence
The rationing debate: Devising a package of health care services the NHS is responsible for - for
Against
Maximising the health of the whole community - for
Against
Rationing health care by age - for
Against
Central government should have a greater role in rationing decisions - for
Against
Rationing within the NHS should be explicit - for
Against
Direct public and patient involvement in rationing - the possibilities for direct public involvement
The possibilities for direct patient involvement
The moral limits to public and patient involvement
Action: New Zealand priority criteria project
Setting priorities - can Britain learn from Sweden?
Setting priorities - is there a role for citizen's juries?
The Asbury draft policy on ethical use of resources
Responses to Asbury proposal
A purchaser experience of managing new, expensive drugs - interferon beta
How can hospitals ration drugs?
Responses to
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Rationing Talk and Action in Healthcare

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