title: Want to achieve the 'greatest good'? Listen to your patients.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Ethics in Health Care at Veterans Health Administration in Washington, DC, USA. Douglas.Olsen@va.gov
authors.forename: Douglas P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Olsen
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology; D028662:Principle-Based Ethics