Why It's Not Time for Health Care Rationing

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 15-19

  Ubel, Peter A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLICY; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PUBLIC POLICY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923916989     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: 1552146X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hast.427     Document Type: Article

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