"but my doctor recommended pot": Medical marijuana and the patient-physician relationship

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1364-1367

  Nussbaum, Abraham M ^a,b   Boyer, Jonathan A ^a,b   Kondrad, Elin C ^c  

^a DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Saint Anthony North Family Medicine Residency   (United States)

Author keywords

cannabis; ethics; medical marijuana; patient doctor relationship; physician behavior; professionalism

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CANNABIS; DRONABINOL; NABILONE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CACHEXIA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG SAFETY; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONALISM; REGISTRATION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES; WASTING SYNDROME;

CANNABIS; COLORADO; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 84860391866     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1840-4     Document Type: Review

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