%0 Journal Article %A J Harris %T QALYfying the value of life. %D 1987 %R 10.1136/jme.13.3.117 %J Journal of Medical Ethics %P 117-123 %V 13 %N 3 %X This paper argues that the Quality Adjusted Life Year or QALY is fatally flawed as a way of priority setting in health care and of dealing with the problem of scarce resources. In addition to showing why this is so the paper sets out a view of the moral constraints that govern the allocation of health resources and suggests reasons for a new attitude to the health budget. %U https://jme.bmj.com/content/medethics/13/3/117.full.pdf