The challenge of measuring community values in ways appropriate for setting health care priorities

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-284

  Ubel, Peter A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POLICY; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; METHODS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033186991     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ken.1999.0021     Document Type: Article

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