Physicians, thou shalt ration: the necessary role of bedside rationing in controlling healthcare costs.
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Ubel, PA
Published in: HealthcarePapers
January 2001
Physicians are often asked to be "gatekeepers," determining their patients' access to medical therapies and technologies. At the same time, most physicians have been taught that they should act as patient advocates, pursuing patients' best interests regardless of cost. This paper reviews moral arguments ethicists have made for and against "bedside rationing." It argues that healthcare rationing is appropriate in order to help control healthcare costs, and that rationing decisions made at the bedside by physicians must be part of the rationing system. A system that attempts to control costs by mandating an elaborate set of rules would be burdensome, and many physicians would find ways
Duke Scholars
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HealthcarePapers
DOI
EISSN
1929-6339
ISSN
1488-917X
Publication Date
January 2001
Volume
2
Issue
2
Start / End Page
10 / 21
Related Subject Headings
- Utilization Review
- United States
- Professional Autonomy
- Practice Guidelines as Topic
- Oregon
- Morals
- Humans
- Health Services Accessibility
- Health Policy & Services
- Health Care Rationing
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Ubel, P. A. (2001). Physicians, thou shalt ration: the necessary role of bedside rationing in controlling healthcare costs. HealthcarePapers, 2(2), 10–21. https://doi.org/10.12927/hcpap.2002.17453
Ubel, P. A. “Physicians, thou shalt ration: the necessary role of bedside rationing in controlling healthcare costs.” HealthcarePapers 2, no. 2 (January 2001): 10–21. https://doi.org/10.12927/hcpap.2002.17453.
Ubel PA. Physicians, thou shalt ration: the necessary role of bedside rationing in controlling healthcare costs. HealthcarePapers. 2001 Jan;2(2):10–21.
Ubel, P. A. “Physicians, thou shalt ration: the necessary role of bedside rationing in controlling healthcare costs.” HealthcarePapers, vol. 2, no. 2, Jan. 2001, pp. 10–21. Epmc, doi:10.12927/hcpap.2002.17453.
Ubel PA. Physicians, thou shalt ration: the necessary role of bedside rationing in controlling healthcare costs. HealthcarePapers. 2001 Jan;2(2):10–21.
Published In
HealthcarePapers
DOI
EISSN
1929-6339
ISSN
1488-917X
Publication Date
January 2001
Volume
2
Issue
2
Start / End Page
10 / 21
Related Subject Headings
- Utilization Review
- United States
- Professional Autonomy
- Practice Guidelines as Topic
- Oregon
- Morals
- Humans
- Health Services Accessibility
- Health Policy & Services
- Health Care Rationing