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The moral relevance of personal characteristics in setting health care priorities

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  • Olsen, Jan Abel

    (Institute of Community Medicine)

  • Ricardson, Jeff

    (Centre for Health Program Evaluation)

  • Dolan, Paul

    (Sheffield Health Economics Group)

  • Mentzel, Paul

    (Pacific Lutheran University)

Abstract

This paper discusses the moral relevance of accounting for various personal characteristics when prioritising between groups of patients. After a review of the results from empirical studies, we discuss the ethical reasons which might explain – and justify – the views expressed in these studies. The paper develops a general framework based upon the causes of ill health and the consequences of treatment. It then turns to the question of the extent to which a personal characteristic – and the eventual underlying ethical justification of its relevance – could have any relationships to these causes and consequences. We attempt to disentangle those characteristics that may reflect a potentially relevant justification from those which violate widely accepted principles of social justice.

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  • Olsen, Jan Abel & Ricardson, Jeff & Dolan, Paul & Mentzel, Paul, 2009. "The moral relevance of personal characteristics in setting health care priorities," HERO Online Working Paper Series 2002:17, University of Oslo, Health Economics Research Programme.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:oslohe:2002_017
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    Keywords

    Health care priorities; Ethics; Personal responsibilities; Consequences;
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    JEL classification:

    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being

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