'Playing god because you have to': Health professionals' narratives of rationing care in humanitarian and development work

Public Health Ethics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-156

  Sinding, Christina ^a   Schwartz, Lisa ^a   Hunt, Matthew ^a,b   Redwood Campbell, Lynda ^a   Elit, Laurie ^a   Ranford, Jennifer ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Juravinski Cancer Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955014157     PISSN: 17549973     EISSN: 17549981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phe/phq015     Document Type: Article

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