What does 'respect' mean? Exploring the moral obligation of health professionals to respect patients

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 692-695

  Beach, Mary Catherine ^a,b,c   Duggan, Patrick S ^a   Cassel, Christine K ^d   Geller, Gail ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Professionalism; Respect for autonomy; Respect for persons

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONALISM; REVIEW; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PATIENT RIGHTS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 34250370486     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-0054-7     Document Type: Review

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