Application of ethical theory to rationing in health care in the UK: A move to more explicit principles?

Ethics in Public and Community Health

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3-19

  Bradley, Peter ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

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EID: 84896147829     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203022252-8     Document Type: Chapter

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