Cross-cultural issues in the disclosure of cancer

Cancer Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 153-160

  Mitchell, Jill L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Cancer communication; Cross cultural; Disclosure; Informed consent; Truth telling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; EUROPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; JAPAN; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031956148     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.1998.006003153.x     Document Type: Article

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