The QALY argument: a physician's and a philosopher's view.
Open Access
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Medical Ethics
- Vol. 16 (2) , 93-94
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.16.2.93
Abstract
The arguments used by Gavin Mooney in his scornful response to Castigating QALYs, are examined. In spite of the rhetoric there is a broad measure of agreement about the deficiencies of QALYs as a means of distributing scarce resources. The main area of conflict is that John Rawles favours compaigning for more resources while Gavin Mooney, constrained by his remit as a health economist, favours acceptance of the present level of funding and better methods of distributing resources.Keywords
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