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Whom to Treat First, and How Much is Enough?: Ethical Dilemmas that Physical Therapists Confront as They Compare Individual Patients' Needs for Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Ruth B. Purtilo
Ruth B. Purtilo
Affiliation:
Creighton University
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Abstract

When there is a scarcity of resources (therapists, modalities), the physical therapist must make decisions about whom to treat and why. This paper discusses ethical dilemmas confronting the therapist and addresses solutions based on approaches of procedural justice and distributive justice.

Type
Special Section: Assessing The Technology Of Physical Therapy
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , Winter 1992 , pp. 26 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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