The nocebo effect of informed consent

Bioethics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 147-154

  Cohen, Shlomo ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Information disclosure; Informed consent; Nocebo; Respect; Risk benefit analysis

Indexed keywords

BENEFICENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOCEBO EFFECT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGY;

BENEFICENCE; DISCLOSURE; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NOCEBO EFFECT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84894249806     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2012.01983.x     Document Type: Article

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