The virtue of moral responsibility in healthcare decisionmaking

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 273-281

  Gauthier, Candace Cummins ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT RIGHT; POLICY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; TERMINAL DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036627259     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180102113089     Document Type: Review

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