title: Healthcare rationing: issues and implications.
abstract: What methods, if any, should be used to practice healthcare rationing? This article looks at healthcare rationing in the United States, identifies ethical issues associated with implementing healthcare rationing, and addresses legal implications. The author utilizes sources from published literature and her own experience. Society must recognize that it does not have the resources available to fulfill all healthcare needs of all its members. Resolution will bring conflict and compromise.
authors.affiliation: Cisco Junior College, Abilene, TX, USA.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Cypher
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States