Looking to Hume for justice: On the utility of Hume's view of justice for American health care reform

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 352-364

  Churchill, Larry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

David Hume; Health care; John Rawls; Justice; Moral philosophy

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; JUSTICE; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; THEORY; UNITED STATES;

COMMON GOOD; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; JUSTICE; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNITED STATES;

BENEFICENCE; ETHICAL THEORY; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL JUSTICE; THEOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032852309     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.24.4.352.5980     Document Type: Review

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