Uses and misuses of ambiguity: Misuses of ambiguity

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 629-631

  Philip, J ^a   Gold, Michelle ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MOTIVATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT SURVEY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 27644449359     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2005.00923.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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