Ethical theories and clinical practice: One family physician's approach

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 342-344

  Tunzi, Marc ^a  

^a Natividad Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CASUISTRY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CASUISTRY; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; NARRATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES; VIRTUES;

EID: 0033238139     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.8.4.342     Document Type: Article

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