Should physicians accept gifts from patients?

American Family Physician

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 437-

  Gaufberg, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOTIVATION; NOTE; ROLE PLAYING;

GIFT GIVING; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 34547682083     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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1. American College of Physicians. Ethics manual. 5th ed. Ann Intern Med 2005;142:560-82.
2. Spence SA. Patients bearing gifts: are there strings attached? BMJ 2005;331:1527-9.
3. Gaufberg EH. Alarm and altruism: professional boundaries and the medical student. Clinical Teacher 2006;3:206-9.