Who Should We Treat?

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ISBN: 9780199264186

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Attribute name	Attribute value
Author	Newdick,C.
Pub Date	20/01/2005
Binding	Paperback
Pages	298

Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Increasingly, patients are regarded as 'consumers' of medical services, and yet demand for medical care exceeds the resources that are made available for it. How should the NHS manage the dilemmas presented by scarce resources? Who Should We Treat? examines the economic, political, and legal environment of patients' rights in the NHS.

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How should we allocate NHS resources between different patients and treatments? Increasingly, patients are regarded as 'consumers' of medical services, and yet demand for medical care exceeds the resources that are made available for it. How should the NHS manage the dilemmas presented by scarce resources? Who Should We Treat? examines the economic, political, and legal environment of patients' rights in the NHS.