Doctors, Patients, and Nudging in the Clinical Context—Four Views on Nudging and Informed Consent

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 28-38

  Ploug, Thomas ^a   Holm, Søren ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical context; informed consent; libertarian paternalism; nudging; personal autonomy

Indexed keywords

BENEFICENCE; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FREEDOM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN;

BENEFICENCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COERCION; COMPREHENSION; FREEDOM; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84945125201     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2015.1074303     Document Type: Article

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