Like marriage, without the romance

Physicians and philosophers have contributed to the field of medical ethics several different paradigms for the physician-patient relationship. Here I suggest another: marriage. Patients usually enter into relationships as we enter marriage: we allow our high hopes to obscure the possibility of deep...

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Главный автор: Portmann, John (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2000
В: Journal of medical ethics
Год: 2000, Том: 26, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 194-197
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Итог:Physicians and philosophers have contributed to the field of medical ethics several different paradigms for the physician-patient relationship. Here I suggest another: marriage. Patients usually enter into relationships as we enter marriage: we allow our high hopes to obscure the possibility of deep disappointment. The argument of the essay encourages renewed focus on the contractual element of physician-patient relationships.
ISSN:1473-4257
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of medical ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1136/jme.26.3.194