Lithuanian health care in transitional state: Ethical problems

BMC Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Jakušovaite, Irayda ^a   Darulis, Žilvinas ^a   Žekas, Romualdas ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b National Board of Health of Lithuania   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; LITHUANIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MORALS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 28844487074     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-117     Document Type: Review

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