Prioritising patient care: The different views of clinicians and managers

Background:There is little research comparing clinicians’ and managers’ views on priority settings in the healthcare services. During research on two different qualitative research projects on healthcare prioritisations, we found a striking difference on how hospital executive managers and clinical...

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Authors: Skirbekk, Helge (Author) ; Hem, Marit Helene (Author) ; Nortvedt, Per (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2018
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2018, Volume: 25, Issue: 6, Pages: 746-759
Further subjects:B topic areas
B Book review
B philosophical perspectives / theory
B intensive care
B empirical approaches
B care ethics / ethics of care
B ethical climate of organisations / moral
B mental health / psychiatry
B management / ethics and leadership
B Qualitative Research
B Professional Ethics
B clinical ethics
B Areas of practice
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