Clinical ethics, information, and communication: Review of 31 cases from a clinical ethics committee

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 73-77

  Forde R ^a,c   Vandvik, I H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Research Institute of the Norwegian Medical Association   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORWAY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; CHILD; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 13944282094     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2003.003954     Document Type: Review

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