Law, Legitimacy and the Rationing of Health Care: A Contextual and Comparative Perspective.

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Syrett, Keith. Law, Legitimacy and the Rationing of Health Care. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007; www.cambridge.org.

The author argues for a reappraisal of the role of public law adjudication in questions of healthcare rationing. As governments worldwide turn to explicit rationing strategies to manage the mismatch between demand for and supply of health services and treatments, disappointed patients and the public have sought to contest the moral authority of bodies making rationing decisions. This has led to the growing involvement of law in this field of public policy The author argues that, rather than bemoaning his development, those working within the health policy...

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