Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1995
Abstract
Certain political anention to rising health care costs in a climate of governmental cutbacks makes reallocation of health care resources nearly inevitable. One reallocation proposal periodically mentioned is to withhold Iife-extending treaonent based on age. Age-based rationing raises ethical dilemmas of distributive justice, equity, inctividual autonomy, and self-detennination. More equitable approaches include reforming the current health care system, increasing research dollars toward age-related diseases, and reorienting aging policies to coincide with current "old age" by raising the entry age for Medicare.
Original Publication Citation
Steckenrider, J. (1995). The Ethics of Rationing Health Care: From an Aging Perspective. The Southwest Journal on Aging, 35–36.
Digital Commons @ LMU & LLS Citation
Steckenrider, Janie, "The Ethics of Rationing Health Care: From an Aging Perspective" (1995). Psychological Science Faculty Works. 125.
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/psyc_fac/125
