Rationing in The Netherlands: the liberal and the communitarian perspective.

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Centre for Ethics, Catholic University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Published: June 1993

In the discussion on rationing health care in The Netherlands, a fundamental tension emerges between two ethical perspectives: liberalism and communitarianism. A Dutch government committee recently issued a report opting for a community-oriented approach. This approach proves less communitarian as compared to the views on rationing elaborated by Callahan. Moreover, the community-oriented approach is conceptualised in such a way that it seems compatible with some basic aspects of the liberal account of a just society.

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