Five cases, four actors and a moral: Lessons from studies of contested treatment decisions

Health Expectations

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 114-124

  McIver, Shirley ^a   Chris Ham, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumerism; Ethics; Evidence; Priority setting; Rationing; Reason giving

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 6744236260     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-6513.2000.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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