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Universal Access on the American Commons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2009

Joseph C. d'Oronzio
Joseph C. d'Oronzio
Affiliation:
Assistant Clinical Professor of Social Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York
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Extract

As the concept of universal access to healthcare comes to America, an ethical paradox emerges. “Access” is the code word for being assured that sick people without financial resources get appropriate medical care. There is an ethical imperative to provide care for the sick – whether paying or not – and this value ought to give direction to any reformed system.

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Health Policy Watch
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , Fall 1994 , pp. 627 - 628
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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