Mortal Peril: Our Inalienable Right to Health Care?
Noted legal scholar Epstein challenges the right to universal healthcare, deriving his fundamental argument from his own interpretation of common law, the basis of American justice. Epstein argues that the system of rights and duties enshrined in common-law principles cannot be extended as obligations to provide care and assistance. He fears that state control of redistributive taxation threatens to shift entitlements from old to young and rich to poor and guarantees state support for a system of healthcare that, in the long run, may not provide an adequate structure for reform and regulation. Examined here are the notions of positive rights to healthcare, limited access, comprehensive care, and liability, particularly regarding the controversial topics of organ transplants and euthanasia. Well reasoned, scholarly, and controversial, this book is highly recommended for academic collections.?Mary Hemmings, Univ. of Calgary Lib., AlbertaCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.