Title Who shall live? : health, economics, and social choice / Victor R. Fuchs.

Publication Info.	Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, [1998]
	©1998

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Location	Call No.	Status
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	174.2 F951W	Check Shelf

Edition	Expanded edition.
Description	xxiv, 278 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series	Economic ideas leading to the 21st century ; vol. 3
	Economic ideas leading to the 21st century ; vol. 3.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p, 244-249) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- ch. 1. Problems and choices -- ch. 2. Who shall live? -- ch. 3. The physician : the captain of the team -- ch. 4. The hospital : the house of hope -- ch. 5. Drugs : the key to modern medicine -- ch. 6. Paying for medical care -- Conclusion. Health and social choice -- What every philosopher should know about health economics -- Poverty and health : asking the right questions -- From Bismarck to Woodcock : the "irrational" pursuit of national health insurance -- National health insurance revisited -- The Clinton plan : a researcher examines reform -- Economics, values, and health care reform.
Subject	Medical economics -- United States.
	Social medicine -- United States.
	Medical ethics -- United States.
	Medical policy -- United States.
	Health planning -- United States.
	Health care rationing -- United States.
	Health care reform -- United States.
	Economics, Medical -- United States.
	Health Policy -- economics -- United States.
	Health Planning -- economics -- United States.
	Health Care Rationing -- economics -- United States.
	Health Care Reform -- economics -- United States.
	Social Conditions -- United States.
ISBN	9810232012
	9789810232016

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