Physicians' silent decisions: Because patient autonomy does not always come first

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 33-38

  Whitney, Simon N ^a   McCullough, Laurence B ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Informed consent; Medical ethics; Patient participation; Theoretical models

Indexed keywords

ISOTRETINOIN; TERATOGENIC AGENT;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROSTATE TUMOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TERATOGENS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 34547374488     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160701399735     Document Type: Article

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