Doctor does not know best: Why in the new century physicians must stop trying to benefit patients

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 701-721

  Veatch, R M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits and harms; Deontological ethics; Hippocratic ethics; Justice; Medical well being; Societal interests; Total well being

Indexed keywords

DEONTOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EUTHANASIA; JUSTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; REVIEW; WELFARE; WELLBEING;

BIOETHICS; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0034503552     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.25.6.701.6126     Document Type: Review

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