Families, patients, and physicians in medical decisionmaking: A Pakistani perspective

Hasting Center Report

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 28-37

  Moazam, Farhat ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PAKISTAN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMANS; ISLAM; PAKISTAN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0034332414     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3528451     Document Type: Review

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