"nudge" in the clinical consultation - An acceptable form of medical paternalism?

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Aggarwal, Ajay ^a,b   Davies, Joanna ^a   Sullivan, Richard ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Framing; Libertarian paternalism; Medical consultation; Nudge; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; PATERNALISM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MORALS; PATERNALISM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLICY MAKING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84899986377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-31     Document Type: Article

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