The presence of ethics programs in critical access hospitals

HEC Forum

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-274

  Nelson, William A ^a   Rosenberg, Marie Claire ^b   MacKenzie, Todd ^c   Weeks, William B ^d  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Office of Professional Education and Outreach   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical access hospitals; Ethics committees; Health care ethics; Rural ethics; Rural hospitals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958270790     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10730-010-9134-5     Document Type: Review

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