Asian and Pacific Islander Cultural Values: Considerations for Health Care Decision Making

Health and Social Work

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 116-126

  McLaughlin, Linda A ^a   Braun, Kathryn L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Advance directives; Asian and Pacific Islander; Decision making; Health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT CHILD; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIVING WILL; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PATERNALISM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT CHILDREN; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFUCIANISM; CONSENT FORMS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HAWAII; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PATERNALISM; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHIES; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032063389     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/23.2.116     Document Type: Article

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