'But if you look at the coronary anatomy . . .': Risk and rationing in cardiac surgery

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 172-197

  Hughes, David ^a   Griffiths, Lesley ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Categorisation; Discourse; Ethnography; Rationing; Risk; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGE FACTORS; ANGIOPLASTY; COMMUNICATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEART; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SURGERY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0030088771     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.ep10934703     Document Type: Article

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