Miracles of modern medicine/casualties of modern medicine

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 555-563

  Cassell, Joan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Illness stories; Medical ethics; Unintended consquences

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; THORACIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18744386693     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732304272043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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