The current status of decision-making procedures and quality assurance in Europe: An overview

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 383-396

  Valerio, L ^a   Ricciardi, W ^a  

^a European Public Health Association (EUPHA)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basic goods; Equality; Europe; Health care; Health care rationing; Health systems; Healthcare; Quality assurance; Social responsibility; Solidarity; UNESCO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; UNITED NATIONS;

BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 80053901963     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-011-9333-0     Document Type: Article

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