The patient-doctor-family relationship: At the core of medical ethics Book Section

  


Author: Surbone, A.
Editors: Baider, L.; Cooper, C. L.; De-Nour, A. K.
Article/Chapter Title: The patient-doctor-family relationship: At the core of medical ethics
Abstract: delineate a brief history of bioethics and the principles involved in bioethics / outline the approach to ethical issues / [discuss 2 components:] the principles of bioethics and the characteristics of the patient-doctor-society relationship, of which the patient-doctor-family relationship is the primary component / [argue that] in the analysis of clinical cases with respect to their ethical implications, it is only by properly articulating these 2 components and by developing these 2 dimensions that we can reach a full understanding of the case, and act upon it / [includes illustrative cases of 47 & 50 yr old female and 34 yr old male patients and their physicians] (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: medical bioethical principles & issues in partner & doctor & family relationships; 47 & 50 yr old female & 34 yr old male cancer patients & their physicians
Book Title: Cancer and the Family. 1st ed
ISBN: 0-471-95890-5
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons  
Publication Place: Chichester, UK
Date Published: 1996-01-01
Start Page: 389
End Page: 405
Language: English
ACCESSION: 1996-98700-019
PROVIDER: Ovid Technologies
PROVIDER: psycinfo
DOI/URL:

http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&D=psyc3&AN=1996-98700-019
Notes: Book chapter: 19 -- Source: PsycINFO