title: Why Jecker's capabilities approach to age-based rationing is incapable of containing health care costs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences, Ghent University, Blandijnberg 2, Ghent, Belgium. laura.capitaine@ugent.be
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Capitaine
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pennings
authors.forename: Sigrid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sterckx
mesh_terms: D063506:Ageism; D000375:Aging; D003072:Cognition Disorders; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000941:ethics*; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000639:trends*; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000941:ethics*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D010358:Patient Participation; D018579:Patient Selection; D028723:Personhood; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D012935:Social Justice; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012945:Social Values; D035862:Vulnerable Populations