GPs facing reluctant and demanding patients: Analysing ethical justifications

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 254-261

  Bremberg, Stefan ^b   Nilstun, Tore ^b   Kovac, Vili ^a   Zwitter, Matjaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Harm; Justice; Medical benefit; Questionnaire; Self determination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SLOVENIA; SMOKING CESSATION; SWEDEN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SLOVENIA; SMOKING CESSATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0038347310     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmg305     Document Type: Article

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