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Health care economics: An ethical analysis

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This paper traces the origins of the rights approach in non-hierarchized, capitalist United States to the era of enlightenment. A third Ethical approach, equality for all and excellence as an ideal, is proposed and justified.

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  1. William J. Ellos
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Ellos, W.J. Health care economics: An ethical analysis. FSSE 24, 49–61 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02779014

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