Family physicians’ role in discussing organ donation with patients and the public

Virtual Mentor

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 194-200

  Ladin, Keren ^a   Hanto, Douglas W ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SPEECH; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882969518     PISSN: 19377010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.3.ecas3-1203     Document Type: Article

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