Surgery and patient choice: The ethics of decision making

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1101-1106

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPISIOTOMY; FAMILY HISTORY; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; OBSTETRICS; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PATERNALISM; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

EID: 0242542700     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obstetgynecol.2003.09.030     Document Type: Short Survey

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