Construction and practice of medical responsibility: Dilemmas and narratives from geriatrics

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-26

  Kaufman, Sharon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Geriatric medicine; Narrative analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RIGHT TO DIE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOETHICS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MORALS; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; RIGHT TO DIE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0031088783     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005345716123     Document Type: Article

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