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Clinical Realities and Moral Dilemmas: Contrasting Perspectives from Academic Medicine in Kenya, Tanzania, and America

Authors :
Good, Mary-Jo DelVecchio
Mwaikambo, Esther
Amayo, Erastus
Machoki, James M'Imunya
Source :
Daedalus. Fall 1999, Vol. 128 Issue 4, 167
Publication Year :
1999

Abstract

INTRODUCTION PYSICIANS IN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS in Africa face a fundamental moral crisis: hospitals are overwhelmed by patients dying from AIDS, and physicians have few resources to respond. In such settings, [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00115266
Volume :
128
Issue :
4
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Daedalus
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.59013298