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Achieving a Shared View of Treatment Goals

Authors :
Kenneth A. Richman
Source :
AMA Journal of Ethics. 9:451-454
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
American Medical Association (AMA), 2007.

Abstract

A philosophical analysis of how physician actions and treatment goals are defined and interpreted and how understanding this process can affect the success of the clinical encounter. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association.

Subjects

Subjects :
Medical education
Patient physician communication
Health (social science)
Process (engineering)
business.industry
Health Policy
education
Bioethics
Treatment goals
Affect (psychology)
Philosophical counseling
Issues, ethics and legal aspects
Philosophical analysis
Medicine
business
Social psychology
Medical ethics

Details

ISSN :
23766980
Volume :
9
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
AMA Journal of Ethics
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....20ead883686c928c566c272b3759f33d
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.6.msoc2-0706
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