Titre :
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The moral relevance of personal characteristics in setting health care priorities. (2003)
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Auteurs :
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Jan-Abel OLSEN ;
Paul DOLAN ;
Paul MENZEL ;
Jeff RICHARDSON ;
Hero. Health Economics Research programme. University of Oslo. Oslo. NOR
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 57, n° 7, 2003)
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Pagination :
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1163-1172
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Ethique
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Homme
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Thérapeutique
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Pronostic
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Etiologie
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS MIhcR0xx. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. This paper discusses the moral relevance of accounting for various personal characteristics when prioritising between groups of patients. After a review of the results from empirical studies, we discuss the ethical reasons which might explain-and justify the views expressed in these studies. The paper develops a general framework based upon the causes of ill health and the consequences of treatment. It then turns to the question of the extent to which a personal characteristic-and the eventual underlying ethical justification of its relevance-could have any relationships to these causes and consequences. We attempt to disentangle those characteristics that may reflect a potentially relevant justification from those which violate widely accepted principles of social justice.
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