Safety and Ethics in Healthcare: A Guide to Getting it Right

by Bill Runciman, Merrilyn Walton, Alan Merry

Book Overview

As more and more people survive into old age, the burden of caring for them becomes greater and greater. Although it is now possible to alleviate many of the afflictions that beset mankind, no society can afford to pay for all the healthcare that is now available or technically possible. People working in healthcare increasingly have to do more with less. Rationing takes many forms, mostly covert, and the less privileged in most societies end up struggling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754644375
• ISBN13: 9780754644378
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"