Responsibility, fairness and rationing in health care

Health Policy

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 312-319

  Cappelen, Alexander W ^a   Norheim, Ole Frithjof ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INCOME; POLITICS; RESPONSIBILITY; THEORY;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; ROLE; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 33646188415     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.06.013     Document Type: Article

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