Rationing—Talk and Action in Health Care

Ed Bill New

King's Fund and BMJ Books, £25, pp 261 

ISBN 0 7279 1180 5

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This is a book from a group with a mission. The members of the Rationing Agenda Group wish to promote “a continuing, broad and deep debate about rationing in the NHS.” Their book shows, sometimes unintentionally, how difficult this may be to achieve.

The topic could not be more topical, and, by bringing together many of the “big names” in the rationing debate to explore key issues and dilemmas, the book provides a single …