Ethics manual: Fifth edition

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 560-582

  Snyder, Lois ^a   Leffler, Cathy ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADVERTIZING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFLICT; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; DISABILITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; EMPLOYEE; EUTHANASIA; EXPERT WITNESS; FAMILY; FRIEND; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HYDRATION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BOOK; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERMINAL CARE;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; MANUALS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 15944397666     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-142-7-200504050-00014     Document Type: Review

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