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Beneficent Persuasion: Techniques and Ethical Guidelines to Improve Patients’ Decisions

J. S. Swindell, Amy L. McGuire and Scott D. Halpern
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2010, 8 (3) 260-264; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1118
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vol. 8 no. 3 260-264
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1118
PubMed 
20458111

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication May 20, 2009
  • Revision received September 17, 2009
  • Accepted for publication November 2, 2009
  • Published online May 10, 2010.

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  1. J. S. Swindell, PhD1,
  2. Amy L. McGuire, JD, PhD1 and
  3. Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD, MBE2,3
  1. 1Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
  2. 2Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Center for Bioethics; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  3. 3Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: J. S. Swindell, PhD, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS 420, Houston, TX 77030-4311, jsswinde{at}bcm.edu

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