Ethical decision-making in critical care in Hong Kong

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 447-451

  Ip, Mary ^a   Gilligan, Timothy ^b   Koenig, Barbara ^b   Raffin, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical ethics; Chinese; Family; Hong Kong, critical care in; Life support; Medical decision making; Patient; Physician; With holding; Withdrawing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; HONG KONG; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

CHINA; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0031911428     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199803000-00013     Document Type: Article

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