Ethical models in bioethics: Theory and application in organ allocation policies

Minerva Medica

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 445-456

  Petrini, C ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Ethics; Organ transplantation; Patient selection; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BENEFICENCE; BIOETHICS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNITARIANISM; CONSEQUENTIALISM; CONTRACTUALISM; DEONTOLOGISM; HOLISTIC CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; JUSTICE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MINORITY GROUP; MODEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; THEORY; UTILITARIANISM;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL THEORY; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 79952634638     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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