What element in health care is most responsible for the ethical dilemma of whether health care is a privilege or a right?
a. Cost
b. Technology
c. Consumerism
d. Worker shortage
A
Variables of the justice principle involve the allocation of scarce or expensive health care re-sources. The following questions are a few examples illustrating this principle: What kind of access to health care should illegal immigrants receive—preventive care or only more costly emergency care? How should the health care of children be allocated? Should all children receive the same health care regardless of ability to pay?
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