Code
3F003209
Duration
01 October 2009 → 30 September 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Humanities
- Theory and methodology of philosophy
- Philosophy
- Ethics
- Other philosophy, ethics and religious studies not elsewhere classified
Keywords
QALY
bio-ethics
intergenerational justice
ageism
Project description
This project will examine if and to what extent the use of age in the decision making in health care is a form of discrimination. In order to do this a comparison will be made with other forms of discrimination. The analysis will be carried out withing the broader framework of theories pertaining to distributive justice.