Ethical considerations in rural health care: A pilot study of clinicians in Alaska and New Mexico

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-33

  Warner, Teddy D ^a,d   Monaghan Geernaert, Pamela ^a   Battaglia, John ^b   Brems, Christiane ^c   Johnson, Mark E ^c   Roberts, Laura Weiss ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Ethics; Health care; Rural; Stigma

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEXICO; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALASKA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEW MEXICO; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 17744379369     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-005-2597-1     Document Type: Review

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