"Rationing Medical Care on the Basis of Age" explores this highly topical issue
and presents a critical argument on the nature of the possible crisis. Its
in-depth philosophical analysis of the main ethical positions adopts an
interdisciplinary and international approach. This book is important reading for
healthcare policy makers and shapers and healthcare managers. Academics in
ethics, philosophy, economics, and all healthcare disciplines will find it
useful, as will public health specialists, health economists, and social
scientists with an interest in health and medicine.