Can deceiving patients be morally acceptable?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7601, 2007, Pages 984-986

  Sokol, Daniel K ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY;

EID: 34249320895     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39184.419826.80     Document Type: Article

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