Do we really value identified lives more highly than statistical lives?

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 556-559

  Russell, Louise B ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 84902468947     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X13512183     Document Type: Review

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