Rural healthcare ethics: No longer the forgotten quarter

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 510-517

  Nelson, William ^a   Greene, Mary Ann ^a   West, Alan ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 77957740181     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S096318011000040X     Document Type: Article

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