A Critique of Pure Need: An Analysis of Norman Daniels' Concept of Health Care Need

Abstract

Norman Daniels has presented a concept of health care need which he proposes as the basis for the distribution of health care resources, plausibly to define and provide a philosophical justification for a decent minimum of health care. Daniels′ construction is reconsidered and criticisms both from the literature and those new to this discussion are investigated.

Citation

Folland, S. (1990), "A Critique of Pure Need: An Analysis of Norman Daniels' Concept of Health Care Need", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 17 No. 3, pp. 36-45. https://doi.org/10.1108/03068299010142339