ACING HLTH 501 WEEK 3 EXAM WITH THE LATEST A+ UPDATE
IN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FORMAT.
Distributive Justice
- how scarce goods can be distributed fairly within a society, or within particular societal
institutions
e.g
- Health care financing
=> how resources should be allocated
--> Distributive justice tries to ensure that the these resources are allocated fairly
- ideology of scarcity
=> ideology that resources are limited, therefore forces societies to make tough decisions about
distribution
--> distributive justice tries to ensure that scarcity does not negatively affect vulnerable
populations
Distributive Justice in society
- As individuals in society, we have:
=> common interests
=> conflicting interests
Questions of Justice arise when we ...
make a choice about the distribution of resources
when is distributive justice unnecessary? when would it be impossible to use?
- would be an unnecessary virtue if there were such an abundance of goods that our interests
never came into conflict
- might be impossible to obtain were it not for the fact that "social cooperation makes possible a
better life than any would have if each were to try to live solely by his own efforts.
total healthcare spending is expected to exceed...
- 215 billion; 11% of Canada's GDP
Circumstances of justice
, questions about the just distribution of resources arise when co-operation is both necessary and
possible
Healthcare system Allocations
macro level
- governmental level of the system, the level at which public health care priorities are identified,
policies developed, and budget allocation decisions made
-a wide-scale view of the role of social structures within a society
- e.g government policies on healthcare
Meso level
middle level of the system, the level at which local health care initiatives are developed and
hospital administrative decisions made
a term used to analyze the relationships among issues, individuals, and groups as viewed from a
community, or local, perspective
- in the case of ethics, we talk about hospitals and RHAs as meso level
micro level
level at which patients encounter health care provider
- may be considered the most significant level for patients because what matters most to them is
whether or not their treatment is beneficial and whether or not they are treated with dignity and
respect
- eg. doctors and nurses
Question: Which of the following would be an example of resources allocation at the
MESO level?
(a) Federal government's decision to allocate more funds to ministry of education than to
ministry of health
IN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FORMAT.
Distributive Justice
- how scarce goods can be distributed fairly within a society, or within particular societal
institutions
e.g
- Health care financing
=> how resources should be allocated
--> Distributive justice tries to ensure that the these resources are allocated fairly
- ideology of scarcity
=> ideology that resources are limited, therefore forces societies to make tough decisions about
distribution
--> distributive justice tries to ensure that scarcity does not negatively affect vulnerable
populations
Distributive Justice in society
- As individuals in society, we have:
=> common interests
=> conflicting interests
Questions of Justice arise when we ...
make a choice about the distribution of resources
when is distributive justice unnecessary? when would it be impossible to use?
- would be an unnecessary virtue if there were such an abundance of goods that our interests
never came into conflict
- might be impossible to obtain were it not for the fact that "social cooperation makes possible a
better life than any would have if each were to try to live solely by his own efforts.
total healthcare spending is expected to exceed...
- 215 billion; 11% of Canada's GDP
Circumstances of justice
, questions about the just distribution of resources arise when co-operation is both necessary and
possible
Healthcare system Allocations
macro level
- governmental level of the system, the level at which public health care priorities are identified,
policies developed, and budget allocation decisions made
-a wide-scale view of the role of social structures within a society
- e.g government policies on healthcare
Meso level
middle level of the system, the level at which local health care initiatives are developed and
hospital administrative decisions made
a term used to analyze the relationships among issues, individuals, and groups as viewed from a
community, or local, perspective
- in the case of ethics, we talk about hospitals and RHAs as meso level
micro level
level at which patients encounter health care provider
- may be considered the most significant level for patients because what matters most to them is
whether or not their treatment is beneficial and whether or not they are treated with dignity and
respect
- eg. doctors and nurses
Question: Which of the following would be an example of resources allocation at the
MESO level?
(a) Federal government's decision to allocate more funds to ministry of education than to
ministry of health
