How does the operation of PHARMAC's 'Community Exceptional Circumstances' policy align with the distributive justice principles of fairness and equity as described by John Rawls and Amartya Sen?

This thesis explores how government funded public health agencies distribute or ration resources to citizens. Utilising John Rawls' and Amartya Sen's principles of distributive justice, four test-questions are proposed to assist decision makers analyse the fairness and equity of their rati...

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Main Author: Coyle, Gregory John (Author)
Other Authors: Waring, Marilyn (Contributor), Smith, John F. (Contributor)
Format: Others
Published: Auckland University of Technology, 2012-08-13T23:33:49Z.
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Sen
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