title: Should we ration health care by age?
abstract: Age-rationing of health care is beginning to be widely debated. Two recent proposals are examined. It is argued that age-rationing proposals must be viewed in the light of current rationing practices, and that all such proposals must be placed in the context of a more just overall health care system.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D028663:Ethical Theory; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006295:Health Resources / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D011788:Quality of Life; D040841:Resource Allocation; D013675:Technology, High-Cost; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment