Attitudes of the Lebanese public regarding disclosure of serious illness

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 399-403

  Adib, Salim M ^a   Hamadeh, Ghassan N ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Disclosure; Ethics; Lebanon; Middle East; Survey

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROGNOSIS; RELIGION;

EID: 0032848677     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.25.5.399     Document Type: Article

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