000			02327cam a2200193 i 4500
020			_a9781107038301 (hardback)
020			_a1107038308 (hardback)
082	0	0	_a615.45:347.77 _bFLO
245	0	4	_aThe right to health at the public/private divide : a global comparative study
260			_aNew York; _bCambridge University Press, _c2014
300			_axvii, 492 pages ;
520			_a"In 2006, a WHO survey found evidence of a substantial increase in patient-led litigation against health authorities and funders over access to medicines around the world. New Zealanders have seldom litigated denials of access to health care. Part of the explanation lies in the fact that New Zealand has a legislated patients' "bill of rights", with enforcement through a complaints mechanism. Although the separate regime does not afford patients substantive legal protection in respect of complaints about lack of access to care, this form of alternative, low-level resolution of health care disputes does condition disgruntled patients not to turn to the courts for legal redress in relation to their rights. But given the increasing need for prioritization arising from serious concern about the sustainability of the public health system, as well as a trend towards greater explicitness when it occurs, increased disappointment on behalf of patients and the public when care is denied or limited seems inevitable. This may well translate into increased patient-led litigation against health boards and funders. Part 1 provides an overview of the New Zealand health system, with a focus on the points at which resource allocation decisions are made, the identity of the decision-maker, and the methods by which priority-setting occurs. Part 1.1 describes inequalities between population groups in New Zealand, both in health outcomes and in access to health care. Part 2 describes the legal framework surrounding the health and disability sector, and discusses the lack of legislated rights to health and the limited right of access to health care in legislation, despite the existence of a legally enforceable Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights"--
650		0	_aMedical care
650		0	_aRight to health.
650		7	_aLAW / Health.
700	1		_aFlood, Colleen M.,
700	1		_aGross, Aeyal M.,
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