The twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism in clinical practice

Medical Education

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-43

  Mamede, Sílvia ^a,b   Schmidt, Henk G ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; ETHICS; FEAR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEAR; HIPPOCRATIC OATH; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84890235582     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12264     Document Type: Article

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