Balancing the Fair Treatment of Others while Preserving Group Identity and Autonomy

Human Development

Volumn 58, Issue 4-5, 2016, Pages 253-272

  Killen, Melanie ^a   Elenbaas, Laura ^a   Rutland, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Fairness; Group identity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MORALITY; NEUROSCIENCE; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL NORM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; STEREOTYPY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84969567780     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: 14230054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000444151     Document Type: Article

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