The trouble with families: Toward an ethic of accommodation

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 148-152

  Levine, Carol ^a,b   Zuckerman, Connie ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b United Hospital Fund New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; CAREGIVER; CONFLICT; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0033582204     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-2-199901190-00010     Document Type: Review

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