Healthy Skepticism Library item: 9006
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Publication type: Journal Article
Maclean A.
Autonomy, consent and persuasion.
Eur J Health Law 2006 Dec; 13:(4):321-38
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17302359&query_hl=8&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Abstract:
In this article the author considers whether healthcare professionals should be under a legal duty to persuade their patients to change their minds when they have made an apparently irrational decision.
Keywords:
Publication Types:
Legal Cases
MeSH Terms:
Decision Making*
Great Britain
Humans
Patient Participation/legislation & jurisprudence*
Persuasive Communication*
Physician-Patient Relations*