Miracles or limits: What message from the medical marketplace?

HEC Forum

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-108

  Manning, Sharyn ^b   Schneiderman, Lawrence J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; MARKET; MEDICAL ETHICS;

ADMINISTRATORS; BUSINESS ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FUTILITY; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

ADVERTISING; CHILD; ETHICS; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS, BUSINESS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029968833     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00119174     Document Type: Article

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