Health technology assessment (HTA): Ethical aspects

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 453-457

  Sacchini, Dario ^a   Virdis, Andrea ^a   Refolo, Pietro ^a   Pennacchini, Maddalena ^a   de Paula, Ignacio Carrasco ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethics; Health policy; Health technology assessment; Technology

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 76549129442     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-009-9206-y     Document Type: Article

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