Physicians’ Attitudes Toward Using Deception to Resolve Difficult Ethical Problems

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 261, Issue 20, 1989, Pages 2980-2985

  Novack, Dennis H ^a   Detering, Barbara J ^b   Arnold, Robert ^c   Forrow, Lachlan ^d   Ladinsky, Morissa ^e   Pezzullo, John C ^f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CASE STUDIES; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; INJURIES; MINORS; MISCONDUCT; MORALITY; NEGLIGENCE; PARENTAL NOTIFICATION; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RISKS AND BENEFITS; SURVEY; VALUES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENEFICENCE; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECEPTION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORALS; PATERNALISM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0024602772     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1989.03420200070040     Document Type: Article

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