Telling patients with schizophrenia their diagnosis

BMJ

Volumn 321, Issue 7257, 2000, Pages 384-

  Clafferty, R A ^a   Mccabe, Elaine ^a   Brown, Keith W ^a   Fisher, Martin ^b  

^a NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Keyham   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOM;

HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 85007696272     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7257.384/a     Document Type: Letter

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