Refusal of treatment

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 174, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 531-532

  Parker, Malcolm H ^a   Tobin, Bernadette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING;

EID: 0035927137     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143410.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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