Managing demand for pathology tests: Financial imperative or duty of care?

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 435-437

  Fryer, Anthony A ^a   Hanna, Fahmy W ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 73449107463     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2009.009186     Document Type: Editorial

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