Ethics, economics, and endocarditis. The physician's role in resource allocation.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on August 01, 1988

Authors

J La Puma1, C K Cassel, H Humphrey

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Clinical Ethics, Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Ill 60068.

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