Unstable Ethical Plateaus and Disaster Triage

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 749-768

  Sztajnkrycer, Matthew D ^a   Madsen, Bo E ^a   Alejandro Báez, Amado ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISASTER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JUSTICE; LAW; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REVIEW;

EID: 33746521927     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2006.05.016     Document Type: Review

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