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Article: Physicians and ethics in health care reform debate. (The Place of Ethics in Health Care Reform)
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- The Hastings Center Report
- Article date:
- May 1, 1994
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The desire for health care reform in the United States has been motivated by the need to provide universal health insurance coverage to all citizens while at the same time controlling the spiralling costs of the health care industry. The debate has focused primarily on the politics and economics of various proposals while discussion of the values inherent in the choices has been lacking. Americans have finally realized and accepted that health is a primary good and the need for health care services is unevenly distributed throughout the population. It is obvious to everyone that the various options for providing and paying for these needed services are value laden and ...
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