Equitable rationing of highly specialised health care services for children: a perspective from South Africa.

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dc.contributor.authorLandman, Willem A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHenley, Lesley D.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-15T15:45:28Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-17T00:02:08Z
dc.date.available2011-04-15T15:45:28Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-05-17T00:02:08Z
dc.date.issued1999-06en_US
dc.description.abstractThe principles of equality and equity, respectively in the Bill of Rights and the white paper on health, provide the moral and legalfoundations forfuture health care for children in South Africa. However, given extreme health care need and scarce resources, the government faces formidable obstacles if it hopes to achieve a just allocation ofpublic health care resources, especially among children in need of highly specialised health care. In this regard, there is a dearth of moral analysis which is practically useful in the South African situation. We offer a set of moral considerations to guide the macro-allocation of highly specialised public health care services among South Africa's children. We also mention moral considerations which should inform micro-allocation. Originally published Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol. 25, No. 3, June 1999en_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Medical Ethics; 25:3 p. 224-229en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/jme.25.3.224
dc.identifier.pmidPMC479213en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/3331en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.relation.urihttp://jme.bmj.com/content/by/year/1999en_US
dc.rightsAuthor notified of opt-out rights by Cammie Jennings prior to upload of this article.en_US
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.subjectHealth care priority settingen_US
dc.subjectJustice in health careen_US
dc.subjectMacro-allocationen_US
dc.subjectMicro-allocationen_US
dc.subjectRationingen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleEquitable rationing of highly specialised health care services for children: a perspective from South Africa.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
ecu.journal.issue3
ecu.journal.nameJournal of Medical Ethics
ecu.journal.pages224-229
ecu.journal.volume25

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