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Health Care Systems

Moral Conflicts in European and American Public Policy

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Hans-Martin Sass

    1. Institut für Philosophie, Ruhr Universität, Bochum, Germany
      Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, USA

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  2. Robert U. Massey

    1. School of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 30)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Value Conflicts in Allocation and Care

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. National Health Care Systems: Conflicting Visions

      • H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.
      Pages 3-13

    3. National Health Care Systems: Concurring Conflicts

      • Hans-Martin Sass
      Pages 15-36

  3. National Health Care Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. An Ethical Evaluation of Health Care in the United States

      • Allen Buchanan
      Pages 39-58

    3. The Health Care System of the Federal Republic of Germany: Moral Issues and Public Policy

      • J.-Matthias Graf von der Schulenburg
      Pages 59-74

    4. The American and West German Health Care Systems: A Physician’s Reflections

      • Michael A. Rie
      Pages 75-83

    5. Socialism, Equity, and Cost Containment in Health: The French Experience

      • J. F. Lacronique
      Pages 85-96

    6. Ethics and Health Policy in the Netherlands

      • Maurice A. M. De Wachter
      Pages 97-116

    7. Health in the U.S.S.R.: Organization, Trends, and Ethics

      • Murray Feshbach
      Pages 117-132

    8. The Public and Private Regulation of Health Care Markets

      • Alan Maynard
      Pages 133-166

    9. Justice as Fairness or Fairness as Prudence?

      • Corinna Delkeskamp-Hayes
      Pages 167-198
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Philosophie, Ruhr Universität, Bochum, Germany

    Hans-Martin Sass

  • Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, USA

    Hans-Martin Sass

  • School of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, USA

    Robert U. Massey

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Health Care Systems

  • Book Subtitle: Moral Conflicts in European and American Public Policy

  • Editors: Hans-Martin Sass, Robert U. Massey

  • Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7807-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-55608-045-6Published: 30 September 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8240-4Published: 09 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-7807-3Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0376-7418

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 370

  • Topics: Ethics, Philosophy of Medicine, Economic Growth, Public Health, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics

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