TY - JOUR
T1 - Providing life-saving health care to undocumented children
T2 - Controversies and ethical issues
AU - Young, Janine
AU - Flores, Glenn
AU - Berman, Stephen
PY - 2004/11
Y1 - 2004/11
N2 - Pediatricians and hospitals with special pediatric expertise are facing the dilemma of rationing care to uninsured, undocumented children, especially for expensive life-saving care such as transplants, chemotherapy, and dialysis. This article reviews a relevant case history and provides a review and discussion of the ethical and policy issues associated with this problem.
AB - Pediatricians and hospitals with special pediatric expertise are facing the dilemma of rationing care to uninsured, undocumented children, especially for expensive life-saving care such as transplants, chemotherapy, and dialysis. This article reviews a relevant case history and provides a review and discussion of the ethical and policy issues associated with this problem.
KW - Child health policy
KW - Life-saving health care
KW - Undocumented children
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U2 - 10.1542/peds.2004-1231
DO - 10.1542/peds.2004-1231
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15520114
AN - SCOPUS:16644392861
SN - 0031-4005
VL - 114
SP - 1316
EP - 1320
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
IS - 5
ER -