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Dr Rachel Baker, Reader in Health Economics at the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University.
This presentation is based on a three year, MRC-funded project examining societal perspectives in relation to the value of life-extension for people with terminal illness. As health technologies become ever more advanced and expensive, difficult decisions need to be made about which should be provided and when the cost is too high in relation to benefits. For people with terminal illnesses where no cure is available, health gains are likely to be small in relation to their costs. However, from a societal perspective these treatments might be regarded as the most valuable way to spend the health budget. Little is known about societal views on this issue. In this seminar Rachel will present initial findings, based on Q sorts with members of the public and experts in the field, and discuss some of the ethical and methodological issues raised by this research. The next phase of this study is the design of a survey based on these findings.
A short video introducing the research is available.
More details are available from http://www.abdn.ac.uk/heru/presentations/heru-seminars/seminars/.
- Speaker
- Dr Rachel Baker, Reader in Health Economics at the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University.
- Hosted by
- Health Economics Research Unit (HERU)
- Venue
- Room 1:029, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill
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