Age as a basis for healthcare rationing: Support for agist policies

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 403-405

  Shaw, Allen B ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030449025     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-199609060-00003     Document Type: Short Survey

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