Boundary violations in medical practice: What should be done?

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 211-213

  Muhammad Gadit, Amin A ^a   Patel, Sujay ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NOTE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

CANADA; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 43749122076     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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