The quandary of cultural diversity

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-8

  Surbone, Antonella ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERMINAL DISEASE; BIOETHICS; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NOTE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0038545196     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585970301900103     Document Type: Editorial

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