Administrative decision making in response to sudden health care agency funding reductions: Is there a role for ethics?

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 319-329

  Wilson, Donna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrators; Decision making; Ethics; Funding reductions; Health system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CANADA; COST CONTROL; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALBERTA; COST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0032112652     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096973398668653778     Document Type: Article

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