Rural health care ethics: Is there a literature?

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 44-50

  Nelson, William ^a   Lushkov, Gili ^a   Pomerantz, Andrew ^b   Weeks, William B ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Health care; Literature; Research; Rural; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOETHICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; MEDICAL ETHICS; PUBLISHING; UNITED STATES;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOETHICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; RURAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644656470     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160500506746     Document Type: Article

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