Caring for VIPs in the hospital: The ethical thicket

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 746-750

  Dubler, Nancy Neveloff ^a   Kalkut, Gary E ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fairness nd justice in the allocation of scarce resources; Media; Privacy; Private death; Quality of care; VIPs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JUSTICE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIVACY; PUBLIC FIGURE; RELIGION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRUST;

ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; FAMOUS PERSONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PRIVACY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 33751572136     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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