This article provides a critical appraisal of the case for healthcare being rationed away from older patients to those who are younger. After sketching a metaphysics of elderliness
Many ethicists argue that we should respect persons when we distribute resources. Yet it is unclear what this means in practice. For some, the idea of respect for persons is synony
For well over 20 years I have been arguing that someday we will have to ration health care for the elderly. I got started in the mid-1980s when I served on an Office of Technology
Many societies, and nearly all wealthy, developed countries, provide universal access to a broad range of public health and personal medical services. Is such access to health care
Few people who become ill or have ill loved ones want less than the best care possible, regardless of cost. Their clinicians generally want to do the best they can for their patien
When discussing the allocation of medical resources, it is common to distinguish between macroallocation and microallocation. The former refers to an entire system of healthcare; i
Health care in the United States is marked by extraordinary change. Not only is there continuing change in clinical practice due to technological advances, but the health care syst
Life is a precious gift held in trust: we do not own our lives, nor do we have absolute dominion over life (Ps 8:6). From conception to death our lives are entrusted to our respons
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