How the doctor's nose has shortened over time; a historical overview of the truth-telling debate in the doctor-patient relationship

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 632-636

  Sokol, Daniel K ^a,b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW;

EID: 33845966054     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.99.12.632     Document Type: Review

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