What do you do when your loved one is ill? The line between physician and family member

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 825-829

  Fromme, Erik K ^a   Farber, Neil J ^b   Babbott, Stewart F ^c   Pickett, Mary E ^d   Beasley, Brent W ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; METHOTREXATE; PHENYTOIN; STEROID;

BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SPOUSE; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 57349128499     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-11-200812020-00011     Document Type: Review

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