Allocating scarce resources in a publicly funded health system: Ethical considerations of a Canadian managed care proposal

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 240-249

  Reay, Trish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ethics; managed care; physicians; resource allocation

Indexed keywords

CANADA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALBERTA; ETHICS, NURSING; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0033125252     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096973309900600306     Document Type: Article

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