The telling and knowing of dying: Philosophical bases for hospice care in Japan

International Nursing Review

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 226-233

  Davis, A J ^a   Konishi, E ^a   Mitoh, T ^a  

^a NAGANO COLLEGE OF NURSING   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Eastern philosophy; Hospice; Japan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; JAPAN; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; TERMINAL CARE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036886683     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-7657.2002.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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