Do physicians have an obligation to disclose the uncertainty about harms or just the harms?

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 1751-1752

  Jha, Saurabh ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNCERTAINTY;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84885940318     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.8471     Document Type: Letter

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