The rationing of health care: A doctor's dilemma
Physicians are currently presented with very difficult ethical issues regarding who receives what level of medical care and for how long. A meaningful response to these perplexing issues necessitates a collaboration of doctors with others steeped in religious and ethical traditions. This paper addre...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[1993]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 1993, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 9-20 |
Further subjects: | B
Ethical Issue
B Health Care B Religious Community B Medical Care B Complicated Issue |
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Summary: | Physicians are currently presented with very difficult ethical issues regarding who receives what level of medical care and for how long. A meaningful response to these perplexing issues necessitates a collaboration of doctors with others steeped in religious and ethical traditions. This paper addresses the complicated issue of the rationing of health care, and this issue is then addressed by responses from representatives of the religious community. This symposium took place at the New York HospitalCornell Medical Center in March 1991. |
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ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF00995812 |