'Ruling in' and 'ruling out': Two approaches to the micro-rationing of health care

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 589-599

  Hughes, D ^a   Griffiths, L ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Discourse; Ethnography; Rationing; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0031022119     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00207-9     Document Type: Article

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