Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum Feb 2005 Quality of Life as the Basis of Health Care Resource Allocation: A Philosopher's Perspective on QALYs Richard E. Ashcroft, PhD A medical ethicist outlines the merits and limitations of using quality-adjusted life years measurements in health care decision making. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):195-199. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor4-0502. Policy Forum Feb 2005 The Oregon Plan and QALYs Fritz Allhoff A controversial Oregon plan used quality-of-life assessments to provide fewer health care services to a larger pool of Medicaid patients. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):187-190. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor2-0502. Policy Forum Feb 2005 Some Ethical Corrections to Valuing Health Programs in Terms of Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Erik Nord, PhD The conventional quality-adjusted life years approach to resource allocation has greater societal value if it is distributed among many rather than concentrated on a few, assuming that severity of illness is the same. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):191-194. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor3-0502. Medicine and Society Sep 2005 Advertising for Organs Aviva Goldberg, MD A physician argues against the practice of advertising private pleas for organ donation rather than individuals using the UNOS donor list system. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(9):619-624. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.9.msoc2-0509. Case and Commentary May 2004 Disaster Triage James F. Childress, PhD Triage duties in the event of a medical disaster have different ethical rules than normal situations. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(5):206-208. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.5.ccas2-0405. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Current page 9
Policy Forum Feb 2005 Quality of Life as the Basis of Health Care Resource Allocation: A Philosopher's Perspective on QALYs Richard E. Ashcroft, PhD A medical ethicist outlines the merits and limitations of using quality-adjusted life years measurements in health care decision making. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):195-199. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor4-0502.
Policy Forum Feb 2005 The Oregon Plan and QALYs Fritz Allhoff A controversial Oregon plan used quality-of-life assessments to provide fewer health care services to a larger pool of Medicaid patients. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):187-190. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor2-0502.
Policy Forum Feb 2005 Some Ethical Corrections to Valuing Health Programs in Terms of Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Erik Nord, PhD The conventional quality-adjusted life years approach to resource allocation has greater societal value if it is distributed among many rather than concentrated on a few, assuming that severity of illness is the same. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(2):191-194. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.2.pfor3-0502.
Medicine and Society Sep 2005 Advertising for Organs Aviva Goldberg, MD A physician argues against the practice of advertising private pleas for organ donation rather than individuals using the UNOS donor list system. Virtual Mentor. 2005;7(9):619-624. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2005.7.9.msoc2-0509.
Case and Commentary May 2004 Disaster Triage James F. Childress, PhD Triage duties in the event of a medical disaster have different ethical rules than normal situations. Virtual Mentor. 2004;6(5):206-208. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2004.6.5.ccas2-0405.