Patients bearing gifts: Are there strings attached?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7531, 2005, Pages 1527-1529

  Spence, Scan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CATERING SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GIFT GIVING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC FIGURE; SURGEON; URINE CATHETER; URINE RETENTION;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; GIFT GIVING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 29544434995     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1527     Document Type: Article

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