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Dignity and the essence of medicine: the A, B, C, and D of dignity conserving care
Description:
Kindness, humanity, and respect - the core values of medical professionalism - are too often being overlooked in the time pressured culture of modern health care, says Harvey Chochinov, and the A, B, C, and D of dignity conserving care can reinstate them.
Author(s):
Harvey Max Chochinov
Publisher:
British Medical Journal Volume 335 (p. 184-187)
Year:
2007