Medicare, Ethics, and Reflexive Longevity: Governing Time and Treatment in an Aging Society

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 209-231

  Kaufman, Sharon R ^a   Fjord, Lakshmi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Bureaucratic rationality; Liver transplantation; Technological innovation; U.S. society

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOETHICS; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEDICARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOETHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957958464     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2011.01150.x     Document Type: Article

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