Honestly, Do We Need a Policy on Truth?

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 157-164

  DeVita, Michael A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

DISCLOSURE; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FAMILY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0035381290     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ken.2001.0013     Document Type: Article

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