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... > medicine > clinical medicine > medical decision making > perspective of the decision maker > law and court decision making

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law and court decision making

Definition

The law presumes that medical decision making will take place in the clinical setting without judicial participation. Medical decision making is ordinarily a private matter between the physician and the patient and, in some cases, the patient's family. [Source: Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making; Law and Court Decision Making]

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perspective of the decision maker

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/law_and_court_decision_making

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