Health Sciences 2610F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Fiduciary, Resource Allocation, Distributive Justice
19 Apr 2019
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2 people that suffer a mortal disease and there"s only enough treatment for one patient. One patient is blind, and it is assumed that a blind person has a lesser quality of life. To what degree should producing the best outcome be favoured over giving every patient an opportunity to compete for limited resources: the priorities problem. How much priority should we give to treating the sickest or most disabled patients: the aggregation problem. When should we allow an aggregation of modest benefits to larger numbers of people to outweigh more significant benefits to fewer people: the democracy problem. It is understood in the law that there is no liability for making a decision that proves to be wrong, but rather a liability for making a decision wrongly: policy, reduce conflict and help prioritize patients. In canada, cma provided a framework for decision making on core and comprehensive health care services.
