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By Peter A. Ubel. 208 pp., illustrated. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 2000. $25. ISBN 0-262-21016-9.

In this book, Peter A. Ubel discusses the important and controversial issue of health care rationing in a logical, carefully defined, and well-substantiated manner. He accurately points out that rationing of health care services is essential in any society in which resources are not unlimited. Simply stated, this means that not everyone can have everything he or she wants. Ubel skillfully deals with the ethical and moral dilemmas that result from these limitations. He points out that health care is rationed at many levels — for instance, by federal policy mandates, insurers' reimbursement policies, and physicians' decisions at the bedside. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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