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Racist Health Care?, Barbara A. Noah Jan 1996

Racist Health Care?, Barbara A. Noah

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During the past few years, rationing has become an explicit feature in decisions concerning optimal delivery of health care services, and it poses difficult choices for health care providers and policymakers. Insurers and patients increasingly must balance the desire for access to every possible treatment against concerns about affordability. Costdriven treatment decisions are becoming an unavoidable reality for most patients. Apparently, however, another more pernicious type of rationing occurs in this country. It does not depend on factors such as the likelihood of an optimal outcome, the comparative efficacy of different available treatment modalities, or even the ability to pay …


Destructuring Disability: Rationing Of Health Care And Unfair Discrimination Against The Sick, David Orentlicher Jan 1996

Destructuring Disability: Rationing Of Health Care And Unfair Discrimination Against The Sick, David Orentlicher

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