Moral judgments in the rationing of health care resources: A comparative study of clinical health professionals

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 13-36

  Foster, Larry W ^a   McLellan, Linda J ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MORALITY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL WORKER;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; MORALS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030699143     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v25n04_02     Document Type: Article

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