Ethical decision-making on communication in palliative cancer care: A personalist approach

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 335-343

  Taboada, P ^a   Bruera, Edward ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical ethics; Cultural differences; Cultural pluralism; Ethical analysis

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; EGYPT; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOUTH AMERICA; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034913584     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200000201     Document Type: Review

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