The healthcare system of the United States and United Kingdom closely represent the extremes, the former has the largest private sector system, while the latter has one of the largest public sector system (Bolnick, 2002). The United States spends more on health care than any other nation while England is in the bottom among industrial […]
This is the second part of the Donabedian model for measuring quality of care developed by Avedis Donabedian (Donabedian, 2003). The first part reflected on United Kingdom’s (UK) historical background, government, and economy, including its healthcare overview. The keys to Donabedian’s approach to quality assessment and quality assurance are manifested in three ways of approach: […]
Healthcare has advanced in significant ways across the developed world. Medical care has advanced and investment in equipment and drugs has delivered unprecedented gains. The quality of life and expectancy have been enhanced and treatments are safer and more effective than ever before. The rapid growth of medical knowledge and technology made it harder for […]
This posting will identify and analyze controversial patient treatments including an explanation why other treatments are more controversial than others. In the construct of the informed consent, it is important to differentiate between patient’s preferences for specific treatment and patient’s preferences for specific health states. Issues such as patient’s right to choose treatment or refuse […]
This posting will contrast the principles of nomaleficence and beneficence including a risk assessment and cost-benefit analyses of a course of action. From the ancient maxim of professional medical ethics, “Primum non nocere: First, do not harm,” came the principle of nonmaleficence. This principle implies an obligation not to do harm, thus a physician not […]
The development of a rationale for egalitarian access to health care as a prerequisite for justice has been the focus of philosophical reflection on health and justice. This posting will analyze and provide an explanation of the theory of egalitarian theory of justice. John Rawls championed the cause of egalitarian theory (1971). There are two […]
Universally, the three most important issues in any health care system worldwide are cost, quality, and access (Shi & Singh, 2008). Two of the issues, cost and access can be measured empirically, while the third one, quality is somehow of a subjective issue, so that McGlynn and Wasserman (2006) argued that health care quality may […]
It is now a common knowledge that employers of less than 50 employees are not mandated under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to provide any for health insurance to its employees. But suppose a particular company with a self-insured plan, as a gesture of kindness, elects to provide health benefit to one employee because they […]