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Drug addiction and responsability for the health care of drug addicts
(Addiction : qui est responsable de la santé et de la prise en charge des personnes dépendantes ?)
Auteur(s) :
KASACHKOFF T.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
489-509
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
12
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Thésaurus mots-clés
ADDICTION
;
POLITIQUE
;
SANTE PUBLIQUE
;
CITOYENNETE
;
ETHIQUE
;
VICTIME
;
PRISE EN CHARGE
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2004, 39, (3), 489-509
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Taking care of those who are in need of health care is something that we, as a society, feel ourselves committed to insofar as public funds make that possible. Is this commitment in any way qualified by the fact that a person's medical maladies are the result of that person having voluntarily embarked on activities whose deleterious consequences for health were known and appreciated by that person beforehand ? Specifically, is society's obligation to provide health-care services to those who have addicted themselves to illicit drugs attenuated by the fact of that addiction ? Some argue that it is, whereas others consider this position morally untenable. This essay explores the question of who is right on this matter and why. (Review' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Department of Philosophy, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva. E-mail : tkasachkoffyahoo.com
Israël. Israel.
Israël. Israel.