{"product_id":"who-should-we-treat","title":"Who Should We Treat?","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe invest more in health care than ever before, yet we are more anxious about doctors, hospitals, and the NHS in general. As perceptions of patients' rights have expanded, so has the transparency of the difficult choices that are routine. Government has become more critical of the NHS and the public less willing to wait for treatment.Why does demand for health care consistently exceed supply and how should Government manage the problem? There\n\u003cbr\u003eis a danger that improved rights for the strong and articulate will ignore less visible, or unpopular interests. How should the rights of elderly patients, or children, or those with terminal illnesses\n\u003cbr\u003ebe balanced? Who should decide: the government, doctors, NHS  managers, citizens, or the courts? How should decision-makers be held accountable, and by whom? How should governance regulate the NHS? As patients become 'consumers' of medical care, what choice do they have as to how, where, and when they will be treated; and should this include hospitals abroad?This completely revised new edition puts patients' rights into their political, economic and managerial contexts. It\n\u003cbr\u003econsiders the implications of the Bristol Inquiry and the rhetoric of patients as 'consumers' of care. In balancing the rights of individuals with those of the community as a whole, it deals with one\n\u003cbr\u003eof the most pressing problems in contemporary society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44084347273454,"sku":"9780199264179","price":165.83,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780199264179.jpg?v=1706257363","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/who-should-we-treat","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}