Fighting the good fight: Responsibility and rationale in the confrontation of patients

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-66

  Kontos, Nicholas ^a   Querques, John ^a   Freudenreich, Oliver ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 84855665292     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2011.07.002     Document Type: Editorial

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