What do patients value in their hospital care? An empirical perspective on autonomy centred bioethics

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-108

  Joffe, Steven ^a,b   Mannochia, M ^c   Weeks, J C ^d   Cleary, P D ^e  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; SURGICAL WARD; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0037397321     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.29.2.103     Document Type: Article

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