An Office on Main Street: Health Care Dilemmas in Small Communities

The health care needs of rural populations often differ from those of their urban counterparts. And the ethical dilemmas that caregivers face are distinctively shaped in rural settings, not only by resource constraints, but by the nature of life in small, close-knit communities as well.

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Authors: Roberts, Laura Weiss (Author) ; Battaglia, John (Author) ; Smithpeter, Margaret (Author) ; Epstein, Richard S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 1999
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 1999, Volume: 29, Issue: 4, Pages: 28-37
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Summary:The health care needs of rural populations often differ from those of their urban counterparts. And the ethical dilemmas that caregivers face are distinctively shaped in rural settings, not only by resource constraints, but by the nature of life in small, close-knit communities as well.
ISSN:1552-146X
Contains:Enthalten in: Hastings Center, The Hastings Center report
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3528064