Whom to Treat First, and How Much is Enough?: Ethical Dilemmas that Physical Therapists Confront as They Compare Individual Patients' Needs for Treatment-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Whom to Treat First, and How Much is Enough?: Ethical Dilemmas that Physical Therapists Confront as They Compare Individual Patients' Needs for Treatment

Published:1992 Issue:1 Volume:8 Page:26-34
ISSN:0266-4623
Container-title:International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
language:en
Short-container-title:Int J Technol Assess Health Care

Author:

Purtilo Ruth B.

Abstract

AbstractWhen there is a scarcity of resources (therapists, modalities), the physical therapist must make decisions about whom to treat and why. This paper discusses ethical dilemmas confronting the therapist and addresses solutions based on approaches of procedural justice and distributive justice.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Health Policy

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