Resource allocation on the frontlines of public health preparedness and response: Report of a summit on legal and ethical issues

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-303

  Barnett, Daniel J ^a   Taylor, Holly A ^a,b   Hodge Jr , James G ^a,b,c   Links, Jonathan M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LAW; LEADERSHIP; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WELLBEING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER PLANNING; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65249189287     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400218     Document Type: Article

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