Implementing the marmot commissions recommendations: Social justice requires a solution to the equityefficiency trade-off

Public Health Ethics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-58

  Norheim, Ole Frithjof ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 72449208665     PISSN: 17549973     EISSN: 17549981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phe/php006     Document Type: Review

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