Being 'rational' and being 'human': How National Health Service rationing decisions are constructed as rational by resource allocation panels

Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 441-457

  Russell, Jill ^a   Greenhalgh, Trisha ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

narrative ethics; phronesis; practical rationality; rationing

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84905195748     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459313507586     Document Type: Article

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