Ethical issues of cost effectiveness analysis and guideline setting in mental health care
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Ethical issues of cost effectiveness analysis and guideline setting in mental health care.
This article discusses ethical issues which are raised as a result of the introduction of economic evidence in mental health care in order to rationalise clinical practice. Cost effectiveness studies and guidelines based on such studies are often seen as impartial, neutral instruments which try to reduce the influence of non-scientific factors. However, such rationalising instruments often hide...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Ethics
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0306-6800
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2003.007047