Law, legitimacy, and the rationing of healthcare : a contextual and comparative perspective / Keith Syrett.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

xiii, 252 pages ; 23 cm.

Why 'ration' healthcare resources? -- How rationing takes place? -- Rationing and the problem of legitimacy -- Rationing and the courts: theoretical perspectives -- Rationing in the courts: England -- Rationing in the courts: Canada -- Rationing in the courts: South Africa.

Includes bibliographical references and index.