The grand inquisitor's choice: Comment on the CEJA report on withholding information from patients

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 307-311

  Pirakitikulr, Darlyn ^a   Bursztajn, Harold J ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; ETHICS; FREEDOM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PAIN; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RISK MANAGEMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DRUG INDUSTRY; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FREEDOM; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PAIN; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847062930     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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