Healthcare has an impact on everyone, and healthcare funding decisions shape how and what healthcare is provided. In this book, Stephen Duckett outlines a Christian, biblically grounded, ethical basis for how decisions about healthcare funding and priority-setting ought to be made. Taking a cue from the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), Duckett articulates three ethical principles drawn from the story: compassion as a motivator; inclusivity, or social justice as to benefits; and responsible stewardship of the resources required to achieve the goals of treatment and prevention. These are principles, he argues, that should underpin a Christian ethic of healthcare funding. Duckett's book is a must for healthcare professionals and theologians struggling with moral questions about rationing in healthcare. It is also relevant to economists interested in the strengths and weaknesses of the application of their discipline to health policy.

Cet ouvrage fait l'analyse des experiences canadienne, australienne, irlandaise, francaise et d'ailleurs en matiere de reglementation de soins de sante a deux vitesses afin d'en tirer des options en matiere de politiques publiques qui pourraient etre mises en place advenant que la contestation constitutionnelle actuelle du systeme des soins de sante ait gain de cause. Le Canada fait souvent bande a part dans la mesure ou il limite severement l'injection de fonds prives dans les services publics de soins de sante. Or, une contestation constitutionnelle des lois qui protegent ces services publics est presentement en cours. Si les cliniques privees et les medecins reussissent a avoir gain de cause et a faire abolir les lois qui protegent ces services publics, les decideurs auront tres peu de temps pour elaborer de nouvelles lois et politiques qui protegeront le systeme canadien d'une privatisation poussee. Les collaborateurs a ce volume sont experts en droit, en economie, en histoire, en medecine, en sociologie, en science politique et en politique publique. Une analyse qui fait appel a ces disciplines permettrait de mieux determiner la meilleure facon de reglementer un systeme de soins a deux vitesses. Parmi les sujets abordes, nommons l'histoire du financement prive des soins de sante canadiens, une analyse des defis historiques et de la contestation constitutionnelle actuelle auxquels sont confrontes les soins de sante, l'analyse de la reglementation des systemes a deux vitesse en Australie, en Irlande et en France, et les lecons retenues pour le Canada, le modele economique d'un systeme de financement parallele, les liens entre l'inegalite croissante et la demande accrue pour des assurances privees, les questions ethiques liees au resquillage, les soins a domicile a deux vitesse au Canada, l'autoreglementation en tant que moyen de reglementer les soins a deux vitesse, l'utilisation de contrats de medecins pour limiter les soins a deux vitesse, et la synthese des options juridiques et en matiere de politiques publiques pour reglementer les soins a deux vitesses au Canada. Les thematiques reprises tout au long des chapitres multidisciplinaires sont presentees dans l'introduction puis ramenees en conclusion pour offrir une comprehension approfondie des enjeux de ce grand debat sur l'avenir des soins de sante. Ce livre est publie en anglais.

In many commodity-based economies, rollercoaster boom-and-bust cycles have come to be viewed almost as an unavoidable characteristic. Framed mainly in the context of the Alberta economy, the articles in this volume explore a wide range of issues associated with the historical phenomenon of recurring periods of boom and bust, including reasons for their apparent inevitability, dealing with revenue volatility, possible diversification strategies, savings policy, and challenges faced by policy makers. Re-examining and shedding new light on these struggles, Boom and Bust Again is an important contribution to the literature on policy issues for readers in the fields of economics, business, finance, and public policy. Contributors: Robert L. Ascah, Jason Brisbois, Colin Busby, Edward J. Chambers, Bev Dahlby, Stephen Duckett, J. C. Herbert Emery, Nicholas Emter, Roger Gibbins, Brad R. Humphreys, Ronald Kneebone, Gordon Kramer, Stuart Landon, Kathleen Macaspac, Victor A. Matheson, Melville McMillan, John D. Murray, Alice O. Nakamura, Al O'Brien, David L. Ryan, Liesje Sarnecki, Constance Smith.

Value statements are common in contemporary organisations, but studies of the extent to which these statements are observed in practice are rare. Although there have been a number of studies which have asked academic staff about their values, no such studies could be found which attempted to track observance of espoused values. This monograph addresses that gap. It reports the development of a set of value statements for the Faculty of Health Sciences at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. It then reports on a survey which asked academic and administrative staff the extent to which they endorsed the values statements, and the extent to which those values were observed in practice. Factors which might inhibit value observance were also elicited. A particular focus of the monograph is drawing out the implications of these findings for management.