"Sweeping up after the parade": Professional, ethical, and patient care implications of "turfing"

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 136-149

  Caldicott, Catherine V ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; CONFLICT; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MODEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONALISM; REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRIAGE;

EID: 33846622780     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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