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Reasonable disagreement and the generally unacceptable: a philosophical analysis of Making Fair Choices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2015

Benedict E. Rumbold  and
James Wilson
Benedict E. Rumbold*
Affiliation:
Political Science, University College London, UK
James Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Centre for Philosophy, Justice and Health, UCL, UK
*
*Correspondence to: Benedict E. Rumbold, Department of Political Science, UCL, The Rubin Building, 29/31 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9QU, UK. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

In this article we consider the conclusions and recommendations of the World Health Organisation’s report Making Fair Choices from a philosophical perspective. In particular we reflect on the report’s return to substantive claims about justice in the allocation of health care resources and its argument that certain trade-offs are ‘generally unacceptable’.

Type
Special Section
Information
Health Economics, Policy and Law , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , January 2016 , pp. 91 - 96
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2015 

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