Rationing

Healthcare Rationing from a Christian Worldview The ultimate “gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23, NIV), because he gave himself for our salvation. Therefore, human life is priceless, because our lives are a gift from God. Healthcare rationing as it applies to the delivery of health services in the United States and in other countries will be discussed. The quality of care, efficiency and equity, healthy lives, and access to health services will be reviewed as well…

officials, viewed rationing of medical services necessary to keep costs at bay. Among the rationing of medical services is the allocation of resources to terminally ill patients. According to Doty (2012), multiple medical…

everything. With not a single person unaffected by the war, rationing meant sacrifices for all. In the spring of 1942, the Food Rationing Program was set into motion. Rationing would deeply affect the American way of life for most. The federal government needed to control supply and demand. Rationing was introduced to avoid public anger with shortages and not to allow only the wealthy to purchase commodities. In addition to food, rationing encompassed clothing, shoes, coffee, gasoline, tires,…

What is Rationing?: Rationing is how people limited resources in World War II. Food,fuel and many other household items were in short supply for a variety of reasons:much of the processed and canned foods was reserved for shipping overseas to our military and our allies. Transportation of fresh food was limited due to gasoline and tire rationing and the priority of transporting soldiers and war supplies instead of food. When did Rationing start?: By spring Americans were unable to purchase…

Etse Lossou 10424363 Topic: Impact of Traffic Congestion on Commuters; a case study of Accra-Kasoa Road Literature Review Road Traffic congestion has always been a major problem all over the world. Both the developed and developing countries are battling with the problem but with different degree of commitment. On the 14 of October 2014, a study from INRIX and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) revealed that the total cumulative cost of congestion in the UK’s economy is…

Advocates of age-based rationing argue that health care for the elderly should involve managing pain and symptoms but not treating with expensive treatments. They argue that the rationing of health services by age, society benefits from the increase in economic productivity that results when resources are diverted from the elderly retired population to those younger members of society who are more likely to be working. Although this type of rationing would decrease healthcare costs, I…

Development of road transport has brought several advantages. It made people to save time, trade scarce resources and even travel the areas that could not be explored before. However, it is also clear that road transport causes several external costs simultaneously. External cost is the cost of adverse side-effects that all production and consumption of services produce and the producers are not obliged to pay for. (Persson and Ödegaard, 1995) The main external costs related to road transport…

This must be balanced with an in depth analysis of clinical judgement issues in prioritizing care and implementing health care interventions . The purpose of this paper is to explore nursing leadership and nursing ethics in the context of rationing nursing care.…

Eating for Victory: Food Rationing and the Politics of Domesticity by Amy Bentley is a monograph focusing on the American mindset of food that changed during World War II, as rationing severely impacted the domestic life of the average citizen. The author’s key argument is that contrary to common thought, most Americans were able to eat better food than in the earlier years of the Great Depression, in terms of both quality and quantity. The United States government responded to the chaotic…

In chapter 13, it introduces the four principles of medical ethics. The four principles include; beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice. Beneficence is the obligation of health care providers to health people who are in need. Nonmaleficence is the duty of a provider to do no harm and autonomy is the right of the patients to make choices regarding their own health care. Finally, justice is the concept of treating everyone in a fair manner. (Bodenheimer & Grumbach, 2012). A key…