A swinging pendulum: Striking a balance between physician responsibility and patient autonomy

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 854-

  Goldberg, Gabrielle R ^a   Meier, Diane E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 79955779748     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.173     Document Type: Article

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