Rationing of medical care for the critically ill
Subtitle: report of a conference held in Washington, D.C., on May 27, 1986
By: sponsored by the Brookings Institution ; edited by Martin A. Strosberg, I. Alan Fein, James D. Carroll.
Contributors: Strosberg, Martin A.; Fein, I. Alan.; Carroll, James D.; Brookings Institution.
Series: Brookings dialogues on public policy
Publisher: The Institution
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 97
Subjects: Medical ethics -- Government policy -- United States -- Congresses; Critical care medicine -- Government policy -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- Congresses; Health care rationing -- United States -- Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Ethics and scarcity / John S. Morris; title: Alternatives to rationing / Max Harry Weil; title: Lessons from the United Kingdom / Henry J. Aaron; title: Federal policy and intensive care / Willis D. Gradison, Jr.; title: Criteria for admission to intensive care units / William A. Knaus; title: Beyond do-not-resuscitate orders / Robert Baker; title: A third-party perspective on reimbursement policy / Lindsay Robinson; title: Triage / Daniel Teres; title: Legal perspectives on the allocation of intensive care services / Barbara R. Grumet; title: Professional ethics and political power / Michael A. Rie; title: Caring for the critically ill / Robert Baker ... [et al.].