Appropriateness in Patient Care: A New Conceptual Framework

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-138

  Sharpe, Virginia A ^a   Faden, Alan I ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSENSUS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RAND CORPORATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RAND CORPORATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSENSUS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0029687705     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3350435     Document Type: Article

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