Professional Challenges of Bedside Rationing in Intensive Care

As the pressure on available health care resources grows, an increasing moral challenge in intensive care is to secure a fair distribution of nursing care and medical treatment. The aim of this article is to explore how limited resources influence nursing care and medical treatment in intensive care...

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Authors: Halvorsen, Kristin (Author) ; Førde, Reidun (Author) ; Nortvedt, Per (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2008
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 15, Issue: 6, Pages: 715-728
Further subjects:B intensive care
B Distributive Justice
B Resource Allocation
B Ethical Dilemma
B Critical care nursing
B health care priorities
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