The elementary forms of care. An empirical approach to ethics in a South African Hospital

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 262-270

  Fassin, Didier ^a  

^a Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire Sur les Enjeux Sociaux   (France)

Author keywords

Ethics; Hospitals; Medical care; Moral economies; Patient abuse; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; SOCIAL POLICY;

AGITATION; ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FIELD WORK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; RECOGNITION; SOUTH AFRICA; WORKLOAD;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OBSERVATION; PATIENT CARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 44649161823     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.03.044     Document Type: Article

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