Professional and public attitudes towards unsolicited medical intervention

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7178, 1999, Pages 251-253

  Zwitter, Matjaz ^a   Nilstun, Tore ^b   Knudsen, Lisbeth E ^c   Zakotnik, Branko ^a   Klocker, Johann ^d   Bremberg, Stefan ^b   Frentz, Gerda ^d   Klocker Kaiser, Ursula ^d   Pedersen, Jette ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0033596564     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7178.251     Document Type: Short Survey

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