Cultural discrimination in mechanisms for health decisions: A view from new york

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-131

  Berger, Jeffrey T ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; LEGAL APPROACH;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; NEW YORK; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL VALUES; TRUST; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0032087361     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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