{"product_id":"9780631228578","title":"Rationing Constructed Realities and Professional Practices","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSociology of Health and Illness Monographs\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eRationing\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eConstructed Realities and Professional Practices\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid Hughes | Donald Light\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedical \/ Nursing \/ Social, Ethical \u0026amp; Legal Issues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis volume contributes to the ongoing debate about healthcare rationing by bringing together case studies of resource allocation at different levels of the healthcare system. Drawing on research from the United Kingdom, Europe and North America, it examines issues such as prioritisation and access to care in a range of hospital and community settings.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eDavid Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor in the School of Health Science at the University of Wales Swansea and Dean of the Faculty of Education and Health Studies. His current research interests include the reformed NHS, health care rationing and the changing division of health labour. He has written on a range of topics in the fields of medical sociology, socio-legal studies and health policy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald W. Light\u003c\/b\u003e is the Professor of comparative health care systems at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and a fellow at the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. Trained as a sociologist at the University of Chicago and Brandeis, he is a Faculty Associate in the Department of Sociology at Princeton University. Professor Light has written about distributive justice in the BMJ and is co-author of \u003ci\u003eBenchmarks of Fairness for Health Care Reform\u003c\/i\u003e (1996).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 March 2002\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631228578\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.56\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44381130096780,"sku":"9780631228578","price":37.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631228578_88848973-b189-4e93-9f28-d9391d4de5df.jpg?v=1780235024","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780631228578","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}