Ted Schrecker
1*1 School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, University Boulevard, Stockton-on-Tees, UK
Abstract
In their recent editorial, Baltussen and colleagues provide a concise summary of the prevailing discourse
on priority-setting in health policy. Their perspective is entirely consistent with current practice, yet they
unintentionally demonstrate the narrowness and moral precariousness of that discourse and practice. I respond
with demonstrations of the importance of ‘interrogating scarcity’ in a variety of contexts.