Ethical analysis of the decision-making process in occupational health practice;Analisi etica del processo decisionale nella pratica professionale del medico del lavoro

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 375-382

  Franco, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethics; Evidence based occupational health; Quality

Indexed keywords

COST; ETHICS; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; WORKPLACE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HIPPOCRATIC OATH; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 33646677829     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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