Do patients want a choice and does it work?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7780, 2010, Pages 973-975

  Coulter, Angela ^a  

^a Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 78049498352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c4989     Document Type: Review

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