Dignity and the essence of medicine: the A, B, C, and D of dignity conserving care
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- 26 July 2007
- Vol. 335 (7612), 184-187
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39244.650926.47
Abstract
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 themKeywords
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