Off the radar: Truth telling in psychiatry

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 381-387

  Potter, Nancy Nyquist ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; ETHICAL THEORY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECUMBENCY; SPORT INJURY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRUST;

DECEPTION; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 57649129433     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220802576842     Document Type: Article

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