Research ethics and law of healthcare system quality improvement: The conflict of cost containment and quality

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Kofke, W Andrew ^a   Rie, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost containment; Critical care; Ethics; Informed consent; Nuremberg Code; Pareto economics; Quality assurance; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0037350187     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000054902.85329.50     Document Type: Review

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