Patient empowerment and the dilemmas of late-modern medicalisation

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9562, 2007, Pages 698-700

  Tomes, Nancy ^a  

^a Prof Nancy Tomes PhD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF CARE;

EID: 33847125699     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60318-3     Document Type: Review

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