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BL
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954387
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b708757
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| Main Entry
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Smith, George P.,II, (George Patrick),1939-
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| Title & Author
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Distributive justice and the new medicine /\ George P. Smith II.
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| Publication Statement
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Cheltenham, UK ;Northampton, MA :: Edward Elgar,, ©2008.
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xii, 187 pages)
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| ISBN
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1281780138
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: 1848441487
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: 6611780130
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: 9781281780133
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: 9781848441484
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: 9786611780135
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184720757X
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9781847207579
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; About the author; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Normative standards and health care resource management; 3. The new medicine and scientific research; 4. Human experimentation: conflicts and confluences; 5. Organ and tissue transplantation: a case study in distributive justice; Index.
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| Abstract
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The author begins by examining various economic constructs as aids for achieving a fair and equitable delivery of health care services. He then assesses their level of practical application and evaluates the costs and benefits to society of pursuing the development and use of the 'New Medicine'. The book ends with a case study of organ and tissue transplantation that illustrates the implementation of distributive justice. The author concludes that as long as clinical medicine maintains its focus on healing and alleviating suffering among patients, a point of equilibrium will be reached that advances the common good.
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Distributive justice.
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Medical economics-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Distributive justice.
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Medical economics-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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MEDICAL-- Ethics.
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| Dewey Classification
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174.26
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| LC Classification
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RA410.5.S53 2008eb
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