Critical Care in the Philippines: The "Robin Hood Principle" vs. Kagandahang loob

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 563-580

  De Castro, Leonardo D ^a,b   Sy, Peter A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Critical care; Kagandahang loob; Medical ethics; Philippines; Robin hood principle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHILIPPINES; PHILOSOPHY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CRITICAL CARE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PHILOSOPHY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0032242509     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.23.6.563.2556     Document Type: Article

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