PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - R J Christie
AU  - C Freer
AU  - C B Hoffmaster
AU  - M A Stewart
TI  - Ethical decision making by British general practitioners.
DP  - 1989 Nov 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 448--451
VI  - 39
IP  - 328
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/39/328/448.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/39/328/448.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1989 Nov 01; 39
AB  - General practitioners in England and Wales were sent a questionnaire asking how they would handle the ethical problems posed by six case vignettes and their reasons for their decisions. The ethical problems included: how much information to divulge to patients, how extensively a physician should become involved in the lifestyles of patients and how to deal with a possible family problem. The varying patterns of response to the six cases suggested that ethical issues are resolved in a case-by-case, not a theoretical, basis.