The fiction of futility: What to do with policy?

HEC Forum

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 294-307

  Anderson Shaw, Lisa ^a   Meadow, William ^a   Leeds, Hilary S ^a   Lantos, John J ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LITERATURE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MEDICAL FUTILITY; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28444435149     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10730-005-5155-x     Document Type: Review

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