La maîtrise des dépenses de santé est-elle contraire à l'éthique médicale ?

Without falling into the complaisance of demagogic sham, all issues even taboo issues, must be examined for an adequate ethical debate. In the area of financial expenditures and irrespective of the country involved, the healthcare sector of the economy cannot be considered a handicap, far from it. Some might even say it would be dishonest to call any deficit scandalous and press forward a budget balanced down to the last penny. At the same time refusing healthcare cost containment with the pretext that health is priceless is an irresponsible attitude towards future generations. It is the duty of ethic committees to strike a just equilibrium between these two attitudes in order for all healthcare partners, care givers and care recipients alike, to better understand the economic and social stakes involved in cost containment.