Team approach in cross-cultural ethical decision making: A case study

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-41

  Wong, Frankie W H ^a   Anderson, Sandra M ^b  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NURSE; ORGAN DONOR; TEAMWORK;

EID: 0037337505     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.13.1.8578428017q8n873     Document Type: Article

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