On the philosophy of diagnosis: Is doing more good than harm better than "primum non nocere"?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 238-240

  Body, R ^a   Foex, B ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; HIPPOCRATIC OATH; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 64949168715     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.064303     Document Type: Review

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