QALY: An ethical issue that dare not speak its name

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-82

  Hirskyj, Peter ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

NHS; Nursing; Patients; Public; QALY; Values

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; DISABLED PERSON; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DISABLED PERSONS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 34147130145     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007071360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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