Titulo | Values and ethics amidst the economic crisis. |
Autoría | Schröder-Bäck P, Stjernberg L, Borg AM. |
Fuente | Eur J Public Health. 2013 Oct;23(5):723-4. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt092. Epub 2013 Jul 12. No abstract available. |
Resumen |
The current protracted economic crisis is giving rise to the scarcity of public health resources across Europe. In response to budgetary pressures and the Eurozone public debt crisis, decision makers resort to a short-term solution: the introduction of austerity measures in diverse policy fields. Health and social policy tend to be easy targets in this regard, and budget cuts often include a reduction of healthcare expenditure or social welfare benefits. In fact, in their analysis of the austerity measures being adopted in Europe, Mladovsky et al. have identified that in some countries, we see a shift of public money across sectoral budgets.1 Against this background, it is argued that ‘trade-offs should be understood and made explicit so decision makers can openly weigh evidence against ideology in line with societal values’.1 But what are these so-called social values that should guide the decisions and policy responses of European decision makers? |
URL | www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23851645 |
Tipo de documento | Artículo cientifico |
Impacto en el sistema sanitario | -- |
Impacto en la salud | -- |