Priority setting and cardiac surgery: A qualitative case study

Health Policy

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 444-458

  Walton, Nancy A ^a,b   Martin, Douglas K ^b,c   Peter, Elizabeth H ^b   Pringle, Dorothy M ^b   Singer, Peter A ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Ethical framework; Meso level allocation; Micro level decision making; Priority setting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHICS; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE; SURGEON;

DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ONTARIO; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33846194302     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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