Are patients receiving enough information about healthcare rationing? a qualitative study

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-92

  Owen Smith, Amanda ^a   Coast, Joanna ^b   Donovan, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952505245     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2009.033241     Document Type: Article

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