Rationing, resource allocation, and appropriate medical treatment

2015 ◽  
pp. 215-233
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Medical Treatment

Folk-economic beliefs as moral intuitions

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Malhotra
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Moral Intuitions ◽  
Economic Beliefs ◽  
Evolutionary Explanations

AbstractAlthough Boyer & Petersen's (B&P's) cataloguing of and evolutionary explanations for folk-economic beliefs is important and valuable, the authors fail to connect their theories to existing explanations for why people do not think like economists. For instance, people often have moral intuitions akin to principles of fairness and justice that conflict with utilitarian approaches to resource allocation.

Parents' Perception of Diagnostic Reports and Conferences

1983 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Betty U. Watson ◽  
Ronald W. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Diagnostic Information ◽  
Learning Language ◽  
Speech Learning ◽  
Hearing Problems

The purpose of this study was to evaluate parents' reactions and understanding of diagnostic information from written reports and conferences in a clinic which provides multidisciplinary evaluations for children with speech, learning, language, and hearing problems. Previous studies and anecdotal reports suggested that many parents do not receive appropriate diagnostic information about their children. In the present study questionnaires were mailed to parents who had received reports of evaluations and most of whom had attended hour-long conferences covering the findings. Questionnaires were also sent to professionals who had received reports. Fifty-seven percent of the parents, and 63% of the professionals returned the questionnaires. Ninety percent of the parents indicated that they had understood the results as they were presented in the conference. Ninety-three percent of the professionals and 89% of the parents stated they understood the conclusions of the written reports .Further, 83% of the parents and 80% of the professionals reported that the findings had made a change in the child's educational or medical treatment. The percentage of parents who reported understanding the findings was greater than expected. The specific informing techniques used in this study are discussed.

Gastric Band Bypass Beats Medical Treatment

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Jane Salodof MACNeil
Keyword(s):  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Gastric Band

Current evidence and prospects for medical treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms

VASA ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diehm ◽  
Schmidli ◽  
Dai-Do ◽  
Baumgartner
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm ◽  
Aortic Aneurysm ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Endovascular Treatment ◽  
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms ◽  
Aortic Aneurysms ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Significant Morbidity ◽  
Abdominal Aortic ◽  
Risk Of Rupture

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a potentially fatal condition with risk of rupture increasing as maximum AAA diameter increases. It is agreed upon that open surgical or endovascular treatment is indicated if maximum AAA diameter exceeds 5 to 5.5cm. Continuing aneurysmal degeneration of aortoiliac arteries accounts for significant morbidity, especially in patients undergoing endovascular AAA repair. Purpose of this review is to give an overview of the current evidence of medical treatment of AAA and describe prospects of potential pharmacological approaches towards prevention of aneurysmal degeneration of small AAAs and to highlight possible adjunctive medical treatment approaches after open surgical or endovascular AAA therapy.

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