Economic influences on end-of-life care: Empirical evidence and ethical speculation

Death Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-263

  Kapp, Marshall B ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DYING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPIRICISM; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035073529     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180126078     Document Type: Article

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