Haunted by the "God Committee": Reciprocity does no justice to eliminating social disparities

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 23-25

  Gordon, Elisa J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OREGON; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 27944485793     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160490906592     Document Type: Note

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