Ethnicity and Attitudes Toward Patient Autonomy

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 274, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 820-825

  Blackhall, Leslie J ^a   Murphy, Sheila T ^a   Frank, Gelya ^a   Michel, Vicki ^a   Azen, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MEXICO; NORTH KOREA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029100935     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1995.03530100060035     Document Type: Article

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