Malpractice Prevention through the Sharing of Uncertainty

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 1984, Pages 49-51

  Gutheil, Thomas G ^a   Bursztajn, Harold ^a   Brodsky, Archie ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; PREVENTION;

EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALPRACTICE; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0021280264     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198407053110110     Document Type: Editorial

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