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Contested decisions : priority setting in the NHS

Author:

McIver, Shirley, Ham, Chris, and King's Fund

Publication date:

2000

Abstract:

This book is a sequel to 'Tragic Choices in Health Care: the case of Child B', and continues the examination of ethical questions and conflicts of interest arising from priority setting and treatment decisions. Discussing five cases where funding of a treatment was refused or questioned, it assesses whether lessons ...
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 ...