92808 Resource Allocation

This subject aims to assist students to examine the question of justice in health care, which is rapidly becoming one of the most important issues in the area of bioethics. The notions of justice, distributive justice and social justice provide basic frameworks within which to deal with the issues. Such discussion would be merely abstract without some analysis of the actual situation facing health care. This subject proposes to explore some of the major issues raised by questions of allocation of resources in health care.