title: Ageism and equality.
abstract: This paper rebuts suggestions made by Littlejohns et al that NICE is not ageist by analysing the concept of ageism. It recognises the constraints that finite resources impose on decision making bodies such as NICE and then makes a number of positive suggestions as to how NICE might more effectively and more justly intervene in the allocation of scarce resources for health.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, UK. john.harris@manchester.ac.uk
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Sadie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Regmi
mesh_terms: D063506:Ageism; D020811:Biomedical Technology; D006077:Government Agencies / Q000941:ethics*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D011788:Quality of Life; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years