Allocating resources in humanitarian medicine

Public Health Ethics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-99

  Hurst, Samia A ^a   Mezger, Nathalie ^b   Mauron, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b Institute for Biomedical Ethics ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMANITARIAN MEDICINE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

EID: 77953454992     PISSN: 17549973     EISSN: 17549981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phe/phn042     Document Type: Review

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