Rebalancing the Rationing Debate: Tackling the Tensions Between Individual and Community Rights

摘要: Health care is not just about the rights of individuals. It part a larger endeavour to secure optimum performance from finite funds for community patients and do so fairly, safely effectively. At time economic austerity, questions arise affordability. economists refer this as “opportunity cost” because choices commit particular purposes prevent those being available other purposes. Inevitably, that favour needs individuals (what I call “individualist” approach) tend disfavour communities “community” approach). My purpose discuss limitations approach rationing need clearer population-based objectives in health care. By itself, individualist equipped respond challenges presented by scarce resources, especially light increase chronic, “lifestyle” diseases. deny importance individual perspective but argue we rebalance debate.