Title :
Health care allocations: Is rescue preferable to prevention?
Author :
Wade, Maurice L.
fDate :
6/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The author addresses the fact that far more health-care resources are devoted to acute-care rescue than to preventive medical technologies. He identifies the reasons why this is so, focusing on the fact that beneficiaries of rescue are identifiable individuals, whereas those of prevention are statistical. He concludes that the most compelling consideration in favor of rescue over prevention could be its compatibility with respect for individual liberty.<>
Keywords :
health care; acute-care rescue; health care allocations; health-care resources; identifiable individuals; individual liberty; prevention; preventive medical technologies; statistical; Artificial heart; Biomedical imaging; Costs; Image restoration; Medical services; Surgery;
Journal_Title :
Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
