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Tragic choices in health care : the case of Child B

Author:

Pickard, Susan, King's Fund, and Ham, Chris

Publication date:

1998

Abstract:

This book tells the story of Jaymee Bowen (Child B) whose case has come to epitomise the dilemmas involved in making tragic choices in health care. It shows that the story was complex and not simply an example of health care rationing. While media reports at the time emphasised the ...
What people say about prioritising health services

Author:

King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Bowling, Ann

Publication date:

1993

Abstract:

The changes in the NHS mean that clinicians will have to accept the need for explicit rationing rather than shirking the issue with reference to clinical decision making. The current system of implicit rationing will be replaced by one which bases resource allocation on explicit criteria. However there are problems ...
Purchasing dilemmas : special report

Author:

Cochrane, Murray, Richards, John, Southampton and South West Hampshire Health Authority, Ham, Chris, King's Fund College (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Heginbotham, Chris

Publication date:

1992

Abstract:

This report is based on a seminar held in Southampton in October 1991 which explored an alternative approach to health rationing from that of the Oregon experiment. A specially designed simulation exercise examined the dilemmas facing purchasers in the new NHS. Organised over 24 hours, the simulation centred on three ...