Finite resources and infinite demand: Public participation in health care rationing

Habermas, Critical Theory and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 143-162

  Higgs, Paul ^a   Jones, Ian Rees ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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