The influence of social categories and patient responsibility on health care allocation decisions: Bias or fairness?

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-36

  Lenton, Alison P ^a   Blair, Irene V ^b   Hastie, Reid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 33645999105     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2801_3     Document Type: Article

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