Moral controversy, directive counsel, and the doctor's role: Findings from a national survey of obstetrician-gynecologists

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1475-1481

  Yoon, John D ^a   Rasinski, Kenneth A ^a   Curlin, Farr A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION;

EID: 77956336334     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181eabacc     Document Type: Article

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