Currents in contemporary ethics

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 412-419

  Rothstein, Mark A ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PANDEMIC; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CODES OF ETHICS; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PANDEMICS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954890385     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2010.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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