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A personal choice
— Wakley prize essay | | Author(s) | Jason Karlawish |
| Journal title | The Lancet, vol 350, no 9094, 20/27 December 1997 |
| Pages | pp 1833-1834 |
| Keywords | Ageism ; Doctors ; Geriatricians ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The author wonders whether general practitioners and geriatricians are in danger of regarding their older patients as economic units, who are judged on the bases of cost-benefit analysis and risk-benefit ratios. Instead, their personal choices as to lifestyle should be respected. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980310226 A |
| Classmark | B:TOB: QT2: QT4: 7T * |
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