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An Office on Main Street: Health Care Dilemmas in Small Communities
Author(s) -
Roberts Laura Weiss,
Battaglia John,
Smithpeter Margaret,
Epstein Richard S.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3528064
Subject(s) - health care , public relations , business , sociology , nursing , political science , medicine , law
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.