TY - JOUR
T1 - A jewish perspective on access to healthcare
AU - Zohar, Noam J.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Can anyone doubt that the Jewish tradition mandates universal access to healthcare? In a comprehensive and illuminating discussion, A.L. Mackler seems to have already said all that needs to be said. After aptly analyzing the principles of the traditional institutions and norms relating to (social justice, or welfare), Mackler proceeded to apply these traditions to the context of healthcare, concluding that Society has the responsibility to ensure that needed medical care is provided to those who would otherwise be unable to receive it... Medical care for potentially life-threatening conditions justifies extraordinary expenditures, and represents an urgent obligation of society. (p. 150)
AB - Can anyone doubt that the Jewish tradition mandates universal access to healthcare? In a comprehensive and illuminating discussion, A.L. Mackler seems to have already said all that needs to be said. After aptly analyzing the principles of the traditional institutions and norms relating to (social justice, or welfare), Mackler proceeded to apply these traditions to the context of healthcare, concluding that Society has the responsibility to ensure that needed medical care is provided to those who would otherwise be unable to receive it... Medical care for potentially life-threatening conditions justifies extraordinary expenditures, and represents an urgent obligation of society. (p. 150)
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U2 - 10.1017/s0963180198703068
DO - 10.1017/s0963180198703068
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C2 - 9663346
AN - SCOPUS:0032092442
SN - 0963-1801
VL - 7
SP - 260
EP - 265
JO - Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
JF - Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
IS - 3
ER -
