Article info
PDFResponse
In defence of our model for just healthcare systems: why an explicit philosophy is needed in addition to the law, and how Scanlon helps derive just policies
- Correspondence to Dr Caitríona L Cox, The Healthcare Improvement Studies (THIS) Institute, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK; caitriona.cox{at}nhs.net
Citation
In defence of our model for just healthcare systems: why an explicit philosophy is needed in addition to the law, and how Scanlon helps derive just policies
Publication history
- Received May 26, 2021
- Accepted June 3, 2021
- First published September 8, 2021.
Online issue publication
November 15, 2022
Article Versions
- Previous version (15 November 2022).
- You are viewing the most recent version of this article.
Request permissions
If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.
Copyright information
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Other content recommended for you
- Rawlsian justice in healthcare: a response to Cox and Fritz
- Integrating philosophy, policy and practice to create a just and fair health service
- Individual autonomy and state involvement in health care
- Pharmacist conscience clauses and access to oral contraceptives
- Age rationing and prudential lifespan account in Norman Daniels’ Just health
- Just health responsibility
- Justice and procedure: how does “accountability for reasonableness” result in fair limit-setting decisions?
- Capabilities and health
- Doctors have an ethical obligation to ask patients about food insecurity: what is stopping us?
- Value assessment frameworks: who is valuing the care in healthcare?