Truth telling and advance planning at the end of life: Problems with autonomy in a multicultural world

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-228

  Candib, Lucy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVER CARCINOMA; MALE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STROKE;

EID: 0036744967     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0089471     Document Type: Article

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