Terrorism and the ethics of emergency medical care

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 642-646

  Pesik, Nicki ^a   Keim, Mark E ^a,b   Iserson, Kenneth V ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0035007964     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2001.114316     Document Type: Article

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