States of health the ethics and consequences of policy variation in a federal system / Leslie P. Francis and John G. Francis.
| Author/creator | Francis, Leslie, 1946- |
| Other author | Francis, John G., 1943- |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, 2024. |
| Description | xv, 475 pages ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Contents | States of health for bioethics -- Federalism : justifications and limits -- Differences among states -- The complications of federalism for public health -- The federal government, the states, and health -- Care quality and the states -- End of life decisions : convergence or variation -- States, health information, and patient confidentiality -- Experimentation and state variations : the example of drugs -- Reproduction and the states -- Epilogue: The shifting landscape of U.S. federalism : when care divides. |
| Abstract | "This book is about relationships between a federalist political system and bioethics. It was conceived when the paramount issue about federalism in the U.S. seemed be access to care, with states refusing to access Medicaid. It was initially drafted when fifty years of federal constitutional protection for reproductive freedom seemed increasingly likely to end. And it was completed in the shadow of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision to return abortion regulation "to the people's elected representatives" in the states. Our book explores the permissibility of differences about health, health care, and public health in a single polity of interconnected subnational units with constitutionally recognized status-that is, a federalist society. Abortion is but the tip of the iceberg of these differences, albeit a very pointed one. The federalism of the compound republic constructed by Hamilton and Madison has flexibilities and strengths but also weaknesses in dealing with moral conflicts in circumstances of injustice. These features of federalism generate ethical challenges for health care providers, their patients, and public health. A further goal of this book is to consider how providers should negotiate these challenges"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023051100 |
| ISBN | 9780197538654 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |