Allocation of Health Care Resources; Author: McKie, John (Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Australia); Author: Singer, Peter (Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Australia); Author: Kuhse, Helga (Centre for Human Bioethics, Australia); Author: Richardson, Jeff; Hardback; Book

Author: McKie, John (Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Australia); Author: Singer, Peter (Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Australia); Author: Kuhse, Helga (Centre for Human Bioethics, Australia); Author: Richardson, Jeff
Hardback; Book; Bibliography, Index
165 pages
Published: May 1998
Ashgate Publishing Group
ISBN: 1855219530
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This work asks if society can place a monetary value on human life? How could society arrive at a figure that would represent human life? The author shows that society allows people to die when it costs too much in areas like road safety, workplace safety and in health care.