TY - JOUR T1 - The QALY argument: a physician's and a philosopher's view. JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 93 LP - 94 DO - 10.1136/jme.16.2.93 VL - 16 IS - 2 AU - J Rawles AU - K Rawles Y1 - 1990/06/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/16/2/93.abstract N2 - The arguments used by Gavin Mooney in his scornful response to Castigating QALYs, are examined. In spite of the rhetoric there is a broad measure of agreement about the deficiencies of QALYs as a means of distributing scarce resources. The main area of conflict is that John Rawles favours compaigning for more resources while Gavin Mooney, constrained by his remit as a health economist, favours acceptance of the present level of funding and better methods of distributing resources. ER -