Ethical dilemmas in treating clients with eating disorders: A review and application of an integrative ethical decision-making model

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 434-452

  Matusek, Jill Anne ^a   Wright, Margaret O'Dougherty ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decison making models; eating disorders; ethical dilemmas

Indexed keywords

BENEFICENCE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JUSTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NUTRITION; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING; EATING DISORDERS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 78349241111     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.1036     Document Type: Review

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