ReviewChest2011
The ethics and reality of rationing in medicine.
Review in Chest, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.
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Who cites it
75 citing papers in PubMed.
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- An intelligent community-based system for healthcare prioritisation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Impact of genomic sequencing information on physicians' treatment recommendations for children with congenital heart disease.Genetics in medicine open · 2025Article
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- Straight-to-Test Pathway in Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT)-Negative Patients: A Cost-Effective Approach.Cureus · 2024Article
- Ethics in humanitarian settings-relevance and consequences for dialysis and kidney care.Clinical kidney journal · 2024Review
- Assessing social protection influence on health status in the European Union.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Ethical considerations and a practical framework for priority setting during an epidural equipment shortage.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2023Article
- Moral Distress Regarding End-of-Life Care Among Healthcare Personnel in Korean University Hospitals: Features and Differences Between Physicians and Nurses.Journal of Korean medical science · 2023Article
- Ethical analysis examining the prioritisation of living donor transplantation in times of healthcare rationing.Journal of medical ethics · 2023Article
- Rationing of nursing care: A concept analysis.Heliyon · 2023Review
- Comparing Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients in Intensive Care Units and General Wards: A Comprehensive Analysis.International journal of general medicine · 2023Article
15 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Rationing is the allocation of scarce resources, which in health care necessarily entails withholding potentially beneficial treatments from some individuals. Rationing is unavoidable because need is limitless and resources are not. How rationing occurs is important because it not only affects individual lives but also expresses society's most important values. This article discusses the following topics: (1) the inevitability of rationing of social goods, including medical care; (2) types of rationing; (3) ethical principles and procedures for fair allocation; and (4) whether rationing ICU care to those near the end of life would result in substantial cost savings.
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