Ethical dimensions of health policy / edited by Marion Danis, Carolyn Clancy, Larry R. Churchill.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

xxvii, 395 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ends and means : the goals of health care / Daniel Callahan -- Justice, health, and health policy / Norman Daniels, Bruce P. Kennedy, and Ichiro Kawachi -- What ethics can contribute to health policy / Larry R. Churchill -- Health-care policy in the United States in the 20th century / Eli Ginzberg -- Just deliberation about health care / Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson -- Reality of public policy making / John W. Kingdon -- When public opinion counts : inserting public opinion into health policy / Stanley B. Greenberg and Marion Danis -- Medical ethics in the courts / M. Gregg Bloche -- Health policy making : the role of the federal government / Jo Ivey Boufford and Philip R. Lee.

Health policy and state initiatives / Jonathan Oberlander and Lawrence D. Brown -- Private sector incentives and ethical health care / Stuart Butler -- Patient v. population : resolving the ethical dilemmas posed by treating patients as members of populations / Ezekiel J. Emanuel -- Accountability : regulating health care as a public good / Christine K. Cassel and Elaine McParland -- Perspectives on accountability : past, present, and future / Ruth E. Malone and Harold S. Luft -- Health resource allocation for vulnerable populations / Dan W. Brock -- Health policy, vulnerability, and vulnerable populations / Marion Danis and Donald L. Patrick -- Values in research : picking research priorities ethically / Bernard Lo -- Ethical considerations in conducting health-care research : protecting privacy / Lisa I. Iezzoni.