Administrative gatekeeping - A third way between unrestricted patient advocacy and bedside rationing

Bioethics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 311-320

  Lauridsen, Sigurd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bedside Rationing; Health Care Rationing; Professional Ethics; Resource Allocation; Social Justice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MORALITY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLITICS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRUST;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; GATEKEEPING; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POLITICS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRUST;

EID: 66249096012     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2008.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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