Patients' autonomy and medical benefit: Ethical reasoning among GPs

Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 124-128

  Bremberg, Stefan ^a   Nilstun, Tore ^b  

^a Läkargrupp Söder   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Decision making; Ethics; General practice; Medical benefit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT RIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034081196     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/17.2.124     Document Type: Article

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