Informed consent in a multicultural cancer patient population: Implications for nursing practice

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 412-423

  Barnes, Donelle M ^a   Davis, Anne J ^b   Moran, Tracy ^c   Portillo, Carmen J ^d   Koenig, Barbara A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NAGANO COLLEGE OF NURSING   (Japan)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Multicultural; Nursing; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS, NURSING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032159989     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096973398669349991     Document Type: Article

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