In ALLOCATING HEALTH CARE RESOURCES leading authorities and researchers expose the basic
philosophical ethical and economic issues underlying the current health care debate. The
contributors wrestle with such complicated issues as whether it is ethical to ration health
care the morality of the worldwide bias against children in allocating health care resources
whether sin taxes can be defended morally and how to achieve a just health care system. The
book also includes an insightful analysis of the Clinton health care reform plan. ALLOCATING
HEALTH CARE RESOURCES will be of interest to philosophers health policy experts medical
ethicists health professionals and concerned citizens. It serves to clarify and illuminate
the logic and rhetoric of health care reform and so to help us all achieve a fair and
equitable distribution of these precious resources.
