Victoria Charlton

Feb 21, 2024 | jme.bmj.com | Victoria Charlton |Michael J. DiStefano

Public PolicyEthics- MedicalMoralsPhilosophyResource AllocationIntroductionInstitutions with a mandate to act as healthcare priority-setters undertake a difficult and unenviable task. Whether made on behalf of a public provider or private insurer, decisions about what healthcare interventions should be made available and to whom are often complex and contentious, with huge implications for those directly affected.

Feb 19, 2024 | jme.bmj.com | Victoria Charlton |Michael J. DiStefano

Public PolicyEthics- MedicalMoralsPhilosophyResource AllocationIntroductionInstitutions with a mandate to act as healthcare priority-setters undertake a difficult and unenviable task. Whether made on behalf of a public provider or private insurer, decisions about what healthcare interventions should be made available and to whom are often complex and contentious, with huge implications for those directly affected.

Sep 27, 2023 | cambridge.org | Victoria Charlton |Michael C. DiStefano |Polly Mitchell |Liz Morrell

The most specified type of normative commitment is case-based judgements: considered conclusions reached through the evaluation of information relevant to a specific context or case. The framework classifies case-based judgements into two forms: evidential and ethical. Evidential judgements are case-based judgements about what one ought to believe about the world, given the information that is available.