Bedside rationing by health practitioners: A case study in a Ugandan hospital

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-52

  Kapiriri, Lydia ^a   Martin, Douglas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bedside rationing; Considerations; Developing countries; Health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; SOCIAL STATUS; THEORETICAL SAMPLE; UGANDA;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; INTERVIEWS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UGANDA;

EID: 33846045256     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X06297397     Document Type: Article

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