Being 'rational' and being 'human': How National Health Service rationing decisions are constructed as rational by resource allocation panels.

The English National Health Service Constitution states that patients have the right to expect all decisions about access to medicines and treatments to be made 'rationally'. Rationality in health care can be framed as instrumental, institutional or practical. In this article, we present a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Russell, J, Greenhalgh, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2014