Rationing: It is time for the conversation

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1583-1584

  Levy, Mitchell M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cost containment; ethics; rationing; resource utilization; scarcity

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84878525522     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31828a27a7     Document Type: Editorial

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