An Ethicist's Perspective on Health Care Reform
Abstract
AT A TIME when this nation is scrutinizing numerous health care proposals for their economic, political, and legal palatability (JAMA. 1992;268:2139-2141 and 1992;268:1635-1639), little emphasis has been placed, so it seems, on ethical considerations.
In the eyes of one medical ethicist, the debate is not only about politics and economics, but about "a fundamental moral issue of how we treat people, especially people who are least able to defend themselves."
So contends Charles...