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Rationing through risk assessment in clinical genetics: all categories have wheels
- Source :
- Sociology of Health & Illness. Sept, 2001, Vol. 23 Issue 5, p570, 24 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- This article discusses rationing practices in cancer genetics. The author, examining a cancer genetics clinic, argues the allocation of scarce medical resources to needy patients is more than a managerial process, but based upon risk assessment which is arbitrarily defined in relation to economic, social, and political factors.
Details
- ISSN :
- 01419889
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Sociology of Health & Illness
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.84022652