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- Title
PALLIATIVE CARE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND JUSTICE: SETTING PRIORITIES IN RESOURCE POOR COUNTRIES.
- Authors
BLINDERMAN, CRAIG
- Abstract
Many countries have not considered palliative care a public health problem. With limited resources, disease-oriented therapies and prevention measures take priority. In this paper, I intend to describe the moral framework for considering palliative care as a public health priority in resource-poor countries. A distributive theory of justice for health care should consider integrative palliative care as morally required as it contributes to improving normal functioning and preserving opportunities for the individual. For patients requiring terminal care, we are guided less by principles of justice and more by the duty to relieve suffering and society's commitment to protecting the professional's obligation to uphold principles of beneficence, compassion and non-abandonment. A fair deliberation process is necessary to allow these strong moral commitments to serve as reasons when setting priorities in resource poor countries.
- Subjects
PALLIATIVE treatment; HOSPICE care; PUBLIC health; NATIONAL health services; TERMINAL care &; society; MEDICAL care; SICK people
- Publication
Developing World Bioethics, 2009, Vol 9, Issue 3, p105
- ISSN
1471-8731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1471-8847.2009.00264.x