Ethical Choices in Long-Term Care What Does Justice Require? |
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| Author:
| World Health Organization Staff, |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-06050-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2009 |
| Publisher: | World Health Organization
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $36.70 |
Book Description:
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A society invites a dialogue about how best to structure the ethical frameworkwithin which equitable, fair, rational, and transparent decisions about long-termcare can be made when it asks: What long-term care needs exist? Whatresources are available to provide them? What does justice require? Theanswers point the way towards systems that are responsible, accessible, efficient, and accountable, and that address the universe of human needs withdignity and respect. The primary goal of...
More DescriptionA society invites a dialogue about how best to structure the ethical frameworkwithin which equitable, fair, rational, and transparent decisions about long-termcare can be made when it asks: What long-term care needs exist? Whatresources are available to provide them? What does justice require? Theanswers point the way towards systems that are responsible, accessible, efficient, and accountable, and that address the universe of human needs withdignity and respect. The primary goal of this report is to identify some of the issues that need to beconsidered as those systems are designed