Addressing requests by patients for nonbeneficial interventions

JAMA. 2012 Jan 11;307(2):149-50. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1999.

Authors

Allan S Brett¹, Laurence B McCullough

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 2 Medical Park, Ste 502, Columbia, SC 29203, USA. abrett@sc.edu

PMID: 22235082
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1999

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Decision Making
Ethics, Professional*
Health Resources / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Patient Preference*
Personal Autonomy
Physician-Patient Relations*
Unnecessary Procedures* / economics
Unnecessary Procedures* / ethics
Unnecessary Procedures* / statistics & numerical data