Allocating medical resources: Recommendations for a professional response

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 886-888

  Rosenfeld, Kenneth E ^a   Pearlman, Robert A ^b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031179989     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb01521.x     Document Type: Review

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