In Reply: Health Care Rationing

Science ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 248 (4956) ◽  
pp. 663-665
Author(s):  
H. Aaron ◽  
W. B. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Rationing ◽  
Care Rationing

Health Care Rationing: What Does it Mean?

1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-34
Author(s):  
Michael D. Reagan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Rationing ◽  
Care Rationing

Denial of Health Care and Informed Consent in English and American Law

1992 ◽  
Vol 18 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 37-71
Author(s):  
Frances H. Miller
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Rationing ◽  
Legal Obligation ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
American Law ◽  
Care Rationing ◽  
Increased Pressure

Health care rationing has gained greater visibility in the United States and the United Kingdom, for quite different reasons. As patients in both countries become more aware that potentially beneficial medical services can be denied them on economic — as opposed to purely medical — grounds, they are beginning to seek help from the judiciary. This Article contends that as rationing becomes more explicit, the doctrine of informed consent will come under increased pressure. The Article suggests that courts and legislatures consider imposing a legal obligation on physicians to inform their patients when potentially effective treatment is to be withheld for economic or other non-clinical reasons.

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