Cure or care in everyday practice.
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Two cases of carcinoma of the stomach presenting during the same month and dying within four weeks of one another less than one year later are presented. One was treated symptomatically and the other received radical surgery. The care they received depended on decisions about diagnosis and treatment; the outcomes of these and the difficulties involved in evaluating monetary costs and quality of care are discussed in the light of recent interest in medical audit.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of medical ethics
دوره 4 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978