ISSN 2756-3820
International Journal of Medical Sociology and Anthropology ISSN 2756-3820 Vol. 13 (1), pp. 001-004, January, 2024. © International Scholars Journals
Full length Research paper
Ethical considerations in healthcare resource allocation: A health economics perspective
S. R. Moosavi*, S. M. Mousavi, A. Heydari and Z. Mehdikhah
Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Accepted 09 October, 2023
Abstract
This paper considers the importance of medical ethics in the process of allocating health care resources. Their importance is held to social ethics from the dominant role they play in clinical behavior and the important position of the clinical behavior in the production of health care and economics. It is pointed out that there is a potential conflict between the ethical style, and thus the behavior of the medical profession and organization of health, and the aim of maximizing social benefits from health care resources. This paper argues that medical ethics is very important, in that it raises social confidence which results to social capital and good health care.
Keywords: Medical ethics, health economics, bioethics, social capital, social confidence.