Healthcare rationing: constraints and equity.
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Abstract
It is no longer possible or ethically acceptable to deny that rationing occurs in medical practice. We ration already by using "contraindications to treatment". There are no rationing criteria that are universally ethically acceptable. We need ways to establish community preferences if we are to develop responsible methods of rationing healthcare services.