Breaking the bad news: Dilemmas in shared decision-making in medical practice

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-48

  Mohr, Caroline ^b   Milgrom, Jeannette ^a   Griffiths, Max ^b   Nomikoudis, Katina ^b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PATERNALISM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATERNALISM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0033102855     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050069908257424     Document Type: Article

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