Conscientious refusals to refer: Findings from a national physician survey

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 397-401

  Combs, Michael P ^a   Antiel, Ryan M ^b   Tilburt, Jon C ^c   Mueller, Paul S ^c   Curlin, Farr A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSCIENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

CONSCIENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REFUSAL TO TREAT; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052396977     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.041194     Document Type: Article

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