Medicine and money: The ethical transformation of medical practice

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-275

  Keshavjee, Salmaan ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Decision making; Delivery of health care *economics ethics; Managed care programmes; Patient satisfaction; United States

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; MEDICINE; MONEY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1642353534     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2004.01765.x     Document Type: Article

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