title: Informal contracts, shared decision making, and the covenant of care.
authors.forename: Timothy G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Buchman
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative