Juggling law, ethics, and intuition: Practical answers to awkward questions

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 281-286

  Sommerville, A ^a  

^a Ethics Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTUITION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT RIGHT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RELIGION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTUITION; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; PARENTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0142105984     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.29.5.281     Document Type: Article

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