Resource allocation and rationing in nursing care: A discussion paper

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 1528-1539

  Scott, P Anne ^a   Harvey, Clare ^b   Felzmann, Heike ^a   Suhonen, Riitta ^c   Habermann, Monika ^d   Halvorsen, Kristin ^e   Christiansen, Karin ^f   Toffoli, Luisa ^g   Papastavrou, Evridiki ^h   On behalf of the RANCARE Consortium COST CA 15208 ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d HOCHSCHULE BREMEN   (Germany)

^e OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^f VIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Care left undone; missed nursing care; nursing care; rationing; resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MANAGER; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE; NURSING CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TURNOVER TIME; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; IRELAND; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; IRELAND; NURSING CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85044956049     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733018759831     Document Type: Article

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