Patient empowerment or the emperor's new clothes

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 53-56

  Salmon, Peter ^a   Hall, George M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSULTATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REVIEW;

EID: 1242270522     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.97.2.53     Document Type: Review

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