scholarly journals Setting Health-Care Priorities: A Reply to Massimo Reichlin

Diametros ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torbjörn Tännsjö
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Distributive Justice ◽  
Assisted Reproduction ◽  
Ethical Theories ◽  
Short Reply

This is a short reply to Professor Reichlin’s comment on my book Setting Health-Care Priorities. What Ethical Theories Tell Us. The version of prioritarianism I rely on in the book is defended as the most plausible one. The general claim that there is convergence between all plausible theories on distributive justice is also defended with regard to assisted reproduction, disability, and enhancement.

scholarly journals The Symposium on “Setting Health-Care Priorities” by Torbjörn Tännsjö

Diametros ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (68) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Piotr Grzegorz Nowak
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Distributive Justice ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Ethical Theories ◽  
Moral View ◽  
Moral Theories ◽  
Final Article ◽  
Principles Of Justice ◽  
Number Of Authors

The present paper constitutes an introduction to a special issue of Diametros devoted to Setting Health-Care Priorities. What Ethical Theories Tell Us by Torbjörn Tännsjö. The book in question states that there are three moral theories which have valid implications in the field of the distribution of medical resources in a healthcare system: utilitarianism (possibly conjoined with prioritarianism), the maximin/leximin view, and egalitarianism. A number of authors have contributed to this special issue with papers which challenge this thesis. Robert E. Goodin argues that, besides general moral theories, some local principles of justice might be valid. Quinn Hiroshi Gibson states that Tännsjö should have considered the Rawlsian view on justice in its contractualist reading. Jay A. Zameska argues that his “revised lexical sufficientarianism” constitutes a more reliable moral view than prioritarianism. Finally, Lasse Nielsen points out that there is more to say about distributive justice than consequentialist theories can grasp. Moreover, he puts forward an argument in defense of prioritarianism. The final article in this issue constitutes Tännsjö’s replies to his critics.

Health Care Politics, Policy, and Distributive Justice: The Ironic Triumph.

1992 ◽  
Vol 107 (3) ◽  
pp. 565
Author(s):  
Anne Lenhard Reisinger ◽  
Robert P. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Distributive Justice ◽  
Health Care Politics

Disclosure Two Ways

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin B. Bernstein
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Assisted Reproduction ◽  
State Legislatures ◽  
The State ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
The Past ◽  
Abortion Rights ◽  
State Statutes ◽  
Psychological Risks

In the past two decades, courts and scholars have grappled with the appropriateness of pre-abortion disclosures mandated by the state. Statutes requiring physicians to recite a specific script, often detailing potential psychological “risks” of choosing to terminate a pregnancy, have proliferated nationwide over the past decade. Opponents of such laws have sometimes characterized the requirement of a procedurespecific disclosure as unnecessary and unique to the abortion context. In recent years, however, state legislatures supportive of abortion rights have legislated procedure-specific mandatory disclosures in the context of assisted reproduction and other health care procedures with reproductive health impacts.

Mental Health Care Funding Systems and their Impact on Access to Psychotherapy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joelle Robertson-Preidler ◽  
Nikola Biller-Andorno ◽  
Tricia Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Distributive Justice ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Resource Scarcity ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Health Care Funding ◽  
Care Systems

Resource scarcity forces health care systems to set priorities and navigate trade-offs in how they choose to fund different services. Distributive justice principles can help guide health systems to fairly allocate scarce resources in a society. In most countries, mental health care and psychotherapy, in particular, tend to be under-prioritized even though psychotherapy can be an effective treatment for mental health disorders. To create ethical funding systems that support appropriate access to psychotherapy, health care funding systems must consider how they allocate and distribute health care resources through health care financing, coverage criteria, and reimbursement mechanisms. Five health care systems are assessed according to how they finance and reimburse psychotherapy. These health systems use various and often pluralistic approaches that encompass differing distributive justice principles. Although distribution priorities and values may differ, fair and transparent processes that involve all key stakeholders are vital for making ethical decisions on access and distribution.

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