Like marriage, without the romance.
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چکیده
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.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of medical ethics
دوره 26 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000