Physician conceptions of responsibility to individual patients and distributive justice in health care

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-59

  Beach, Mary Catherine ^a,b   Meredith, Lisa S ^c   Halpern, Jodi ^d   Wells, Kenneth B ^c,e   Ford, Daniel E ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Ethics; Personal satisfaction; Professional practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JUSTICE; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIANS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13444252909     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.257     Document Type: Article

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