Allocating scarce resources in a pandemic: Ethical and public policy dimensions

Virtual Mentor

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 241-244

  Strosberg, Martin A ^a,b  

^a Graduate College of Union University   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 80052735190     PISSN: 19377010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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