The ethics of excess

Public Health Reports

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 218-223

  Lamm, Richard D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b Pew Health Professions Commission

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030139434     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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