Why the ethics of parsimonious medicine is not the ethics of rationing

JAMA. 2013 Feb 27;309(8):773-4. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.368.

Authors

Jon C Tilburt¹, Christine K Cassel

Affiliation

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Biomedical Ethics Research Unit, Healthcare Delivery Research Program, Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. tilburt.jon@mayo.edu

PMID: 23443438
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.368

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Delivery of Health Care / ethics*
Delivery of Health Care / trends
Ethics, Medical
Health Care Rationing / ethics*
Health Services Misuse / prevention & control
Health Status
Humans
Medicaid
Medicare
Medicine / standards*
Patient Care / standards*
Patient Rights
United States
Unnecessary Procedures