What is unique about the doctor and patient medical encounter? A moral and economic perspective

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-88

  Kopelman, Loretta M ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644649514     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160500507066     Document Type: Review

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