Absolute versus relative values: Effects on medical decisions and personality of patients and physicians

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 871-876

  Neumann, Joseph K ^a   Olive, Kenneth E ^a   McVeigh, Scott D ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RELIGION;

EID: 0032855946     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199909000-00004     Document Type: Article

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