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. 1995 Mar-Apr;29(2):89-91.

Ensuring equity and quality of care for elderly people: a critique of the College report

A B Shaw  1
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Ensuring equity and quality of care for elderly people: a critique of the College report

A B Shaw. J R Coll Physicians Lond. 1995 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Rationing methods which discriminate against patients on account of their age can be ethical. Sometimes the young and sometimes the old should be favoured. It may depend on who benefits most and whether the rationing is by waiting list or by the exclusion of individuals. Equality is not equity.

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  • Equity or equality?
    Evans JG. Evans JG. J R Coll Physicians Lond. 1995 May-Jun;29(3):186-7. J R Coll Physicians Lond. 1995. PMID: 7658406 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • Equity or equality.
    Bain RJ. Bain RJ. J R Coll Physicians Lond. 1995 May-Jun;29(3):188-9. J R Coll Physicians Lond. 1995. PMID: 7658409 No abstract available.
  • Equity or equality.
    Dunstan GR. Dunstan GR. J R Coll Physicians Lond. 1995 May-Jun;29(3):189. J R Coll Physicians Lond. 1995. PMID: 7658411 No abstract available.
  • Equity or Equality?
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] J R Coll Physicians Lond. 1995 May-Jun;29(3):188-189. J R Coll Physicians Lond. 1995. PMID: 30667998 No abstract available.

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