The Politics, Economics, and Ethics of "appropriateness"

Overview

Journal Kennedy Inst Ethics J

Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press

Specialty Medical Ethics

Date 2001 Oct 20

PMID 11655365

Citations 2

Authors

Virginia A Sharpe

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Abstract

The terms "appropriate" and "necessary" are crucial determinants in decisions regarding the use and reimbursement of medical treatments. This paper encourages greater awareness of the political, economic, and normative assumptions that give meaning to these concepts.

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