Ethical Dimensions of Health Policy - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195300831 ISBN 13: 9780195300833

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

This book takes the conversation between bioethics and health policy to a new level. Moving beyond principles and normative frameworks, bioethicists writing in the volume consider the actual policy problems faced by health care systems, while policy-makers reflect on the moral values inherent in both the process and content of health policy. The result is a vigorous dialogue with some of the nation's leading experts at the interface of ethics and health policy. the book provides a history of the values implicit in U.S. health policy, a discussion of the federal and state roles in policy making, an ethical examination of the social goals expressed through various policies, an analysis of the role of public opinion in the creation of health policy, and an exploration of the value of the private sector in health policy. In addition, the authors examine some of the major ethical controversies in health policy, such as the challenge of balancing ethical concerns with economic realities, the need to allocate scarce health resources, the call for heightened accountability, and the impact of various policies on vulnerable populations. The book concludes with an examination of the ethical issues in health services research, including the threats to privacy that arise in such research. To a greater extent than any previous volume, it establishes a strong connection between the disciplines of medical ethics and health policy.

About this title

About the Author:

Marion Danis is at National Institutes of Health. Carolyn Clancy is at Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland.

Review:

"This book will be of interest to ethicists and other thinkers who want to become more relevant in the policy-making arena...the book is eminently readable, having avoided the pitfall of technical language."--Doody's

"This book provides a broad and at the same time rigorous introduction to the role of ethics in health policy. It is an essential read for anyone with health care policy making responsibilities, but also interesting, enlightening and useful read for health care providers, personnel and for
patients trying to make sense of the way in which health care is distributed."--Public Health

"The book contains a stimulating mix of perspectives, and includes chapters by some of the 'big names' from the fields of philosophy, political science, and policy studies. This book provides a wealth of material, much of it highly accessible to a general audience...it will be a useful source
for students and researchers in health policy studies and social medicine, and a useful addition to many reading lists."--International Journal of Epidemiology

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0195300831
• ISBN 13: 9780195300833
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 395
• Editor: Danis M.D. Marion, Clancy M.D. Carolyn, Churchill Larry R.