Coping with critical drug shortages: An ethical approach for allocating scarce resources in hospitals

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1494-1499

  Rosoff, Philip M ^a   Patel, Kuldip R ^a   Scates, Ann ^a   Rhea, Gene ^a   Bush, Paul W ^a   Govert, Joseph A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG SHORTAGE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868293026     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.4367     Document Type: Article

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