An Ethical Framework for Organizational Resource Allocation for Patient Services in Health Care

<p>Unanswered questions on how to allocate scarce resources in health care settings are often left to either bedside decision-making or, at best, the organizational policy level. Yet, there is little attention and no consensus on how organizational policy should address resource allocation in health care. An ethically sound framework is needed to guide policy development for resource allocation within health care organizations. In addition, a more comprehensive study of concepts tied to moral obligations of health care organizations is needed in terms of human rights, health disparities, and patient care quality. Until now, human rights literature has largely focused on obligations of governments and rarely addresses which obligations organizations may have to protect or promote the human right to health. This dissertation seeks to address the gaps in literature about the moral obligations of health care organizations to protect human rights and develop equitable resource allocation policies. The purpose of the dissertation is to establish an ethical framework for organizational resource allocation in health care.<strong> </strong></p>

Name thesis:degree_name

PhD

Level thesis:degree_level

One-year Embargo

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Health Care Ethics

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Dick, Natalie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Gerald Magill
• Henk Ten Have
• Joris Gielen

• Organizational Ethics
• Health Care
• Rationing
• Medical Futility
• Cultural Competency
• Shared Decision-Making
• Resource Allocation
• Bioethics and Medical Ethics

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/1458

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-2461