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Investigates health technology assemblies found in theoretical and applied rationing exercises in the United States. Identification of conceptual conventions and problems in health technology assembly; Factors contributing to the difficulty in applied health rationing exercises; Features of technological trade-offs.

Examines the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that ruled personnel practices limiting the employment of fertile women in jobs posing reproductive health hazards constitute illegal sexual discrimination under the terms of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Ruling against Johnson Controls, the nation's largest producer of batteries; The United Auto Workers (UAW) petition; The opinions of the court; Job transfers for pregnant workers; More.

Examines hospital-based procedures for systematic utilization differences between the genders and among ethnic groups. Sampling by principal diagnosis of California hospital discharges in 1989 and 1990; Estimates of odd ratios for heart transplantation, kidney transplantation and hip replacement; Women found to receive procedures less often than men and minorities less than whites.