書(shū)目名稱(chēng) | In Search of Equity | 副標(biāo)題 | Health Needs and the | 編輯 | Ronald Bayer,Arthur L. Caplan,Norman Daniels | 視頻video | http://file.papertrans.cn/463/462939/462939.mp4 | 叢書(shū)名稱(chēng) | The Hastings Center Series in Ethics | 圖書(shū)封面 |  | 描述 | I Several years ago, when the Carter administration announced that it would support congressional action to end the public fund- ing of abortions, the President was asked at a press conference whether he thought that such a policy was unfair; he responded, "Life is unfair." His remarks provoked a storm of controversy. For other than those who, for principled reasons, opposed abor- tion on any grounds, it seemed that the President‘s comments were cruel, violating what was thought to be an American com- mitment to providing equal access to health services to all citi- zens, regardless of their capacity to pay. Those sentiments had, in fact, been reflected in public opinion polls that had, for at least three decades, indicated that Americans supported the propo- sition that the government should guarantee health care to all. Ultimately, those beliefs had been translated into the oft-ex- 1 pressed political demand for a one-class system of health care. This commitment to equality is rather remarkable. American society evidences a striking willingness to tolerate vast inequal- ities with regard to income and wealth. While it guarantees ed- ucation to all children, there is not even a pr | 出版日期 | Book 1983 | 關(guān)鍵詞 | Enzo Paci; Theodor Storm; access; care; health; policy; reason | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4424-7 | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4684-4426-1 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4684-4424-7 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media New York 1983 |
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