Finding a “way out”: deferring treatment decisions as a strategy for closing medical consultations in China

Abstract This article explores participants’ agreement to defer treatment decisions during doctor–patient negotiations of surgical treatment recommendations in China. As a recurrent outcome of medical consultations in Chinese clinical contexts, deferring treatment decisions is often used by both doc...

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Main Authors: Lu Liu, Wen Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2025-07-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-05344-3
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