Is there harm in silence?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 642-643

  Lyneham, Joy ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NOTE; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TRISOMY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRISOMY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 78049358827     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.039891     Document Type: Note

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