Involving Patients in Medical Decisions: How Can Physicians Do Better?

Involving Patients in Medical Decisions: How Can Physicians Do Better?

Barry discusses how doctors can better inform patients and allow them to play more active roles in the medical decisions affecting them. Most physicians would accept the importance of informed consent to patient management as something more than just a medical-legal necessity.

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Veröffentlicht in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 1999-12, Vol.282 (24), p.2356-2357
1. Verfasser: Barry, Michael J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bioethics
Decision Making
Disclosure
Informed consent
Medical ethics
Paternalism
Patient Participation
Physician patient relationships
Physician-Patient Relations
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Zusammenfassung:Barry discusses how doctors can better inform patients and allow them to play more active roles in the medical decisions affecting them. Most physicians would accept the importance of informed consent to patient management as something more than just a medical-legal necessity.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.282.24.2356