Priority setting in hospitals: Fairness, inclusiveness, and the problem of institutional power differences

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2355-2362

  Gibson, Jennifer L ^a   Martin, Douglas K ^a   Singer, Peter A ^a  

^a at the University of Toronto Wagner is also a faculty member of the Canadian Medical Associations' Physician Management Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accountability for reasonableness, Canada; Health care priority setting; Power differences; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLITICAL RELATIONS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; POLICY MAKING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26844435400     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.04.037     Document Type: Article

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