The latent function of ‘responsibility for one’s health’ in Swedish healthcare priority-setting
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The responsibility principle. Contradictions of priority-setting in Swedish healthcare
In Sweden medical priority-setting have been discussed heatedly since the 1990s. While criteria such as medical need, solidarity and cost-effectiveness were established early, they failed to give clear directives for decision-makers how to prioritize. The notion of individual responsibility for one's health was suggested as solution out of the impasse. According to the responsibility principle,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Sociology Review
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1446-1242,1839-3551
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2012.21.1.36