Making the "right" health care decisions: Why values matter

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Barbour, Virginia ^a   Clark, Jocalyn ^a   Jones, Susan ^a   Peiperl, Larry ^a   Veitch, Emma ^a   Yamey, Gavin ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING;

EID: 69349085022     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000136     Document Type: Editorial

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