Assessing hospitals' responsibility to provide unremunerated services

Healthcare Management Forum

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 6-12

  Ells, Carolyn ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNCOMPENSATED CARE;

EID: 39049193696     PISSN: 08404704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0840-4704(10)60147-0     Document Type: Article

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