Defining and delineating a duty to prognosticate

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 177-192

  Rich, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Curative model; Informed consent; Medical futility; Palliative model; Prognostication; Self fulfilling prophecy

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MODEL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGNOSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0034911503     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011466711211     Document Type: Review

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