• DocumentCode
    1367095
  • Title

    Abandonment of the patient

  • Author

    Fagin, Claire M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Nursing, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1996
  • Firstpage
    17
  • Lastpage
    22
  • Abstract
    Those of us in the United States who have devoted our lives to ensuring quality care to patients and families, and the patients and families who rely on the health care system, face momentous issues. I briefly outline what I consider to be the most critical of these issues. These issues include health care economics, technology and government policies
  • Keywords
    economics; government policies; health care; medical computing; United States; government policies; health care economics; health care system; medical technology; patient abandonment; patient care; Back; Collaboration; Costs; Hoses; Hospitals; Insurance; Medical services; Permission; Planning; Publishing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-0097
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/44.536296
  • Filename
    536296