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WHO SHALL LIVE?
Health, Economics, and Social Choice
(Expanded Edition)
by Victor R Fuchs (Stanford University)
Table of Contents (44k)
Introduction: Health and Economics (226k)
Chapter 1: Problems and Choices (922k)
About the AuthorVictor R Fuchs is the Henry J Kaiser, Jr Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, where he applied economic analysis to social problems of national concern, with special emphasis on helaht and medical care. Professor Fuchs's contributions have been recognized by his designation as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association and by his election to the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He was the first economist ot receive the Distinguished Investigator Award of the Association for Health Services Research, and has also received the Baxter Foundation Health Services Research Prize. In 1995 he served as president of the American Economic Association.
In this classic book, Professor Victor Fuchs draws on his deep understanding of the strengths and limitations of economics and his intimate knowledge of health care institutions to help readers understand the problems every nation faces in trying to allocate health resources efficiently and equitably. Six complementary papers dealing with national health insurance, poverty and health, and other policy issues, including his 1996 presidential address to the American Economic Association, accompany the original 1974 text.
Health professionals, policy makers, social scientists, students and concerned citizens will all benefit from this highly readable, authoritative, and nuanced discussion of the difficult choices that lie ahead.
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