Who Makes the Decision? Patient's Autonomy vs Paternalism in a Confucian Society

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 558-561

  Tai, Michael Cheng Tek ^a   Tsai, Tsung Po ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ethics; Family; Medical; Paternalism; Personal autonomy; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATERNALISM; PATIENT RIGHT; PRESCRIPTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RELIGIOUS APPROACH;

CONFUCIANISM; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PATERNALISM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; TAIWAN;

EID: 0242527447     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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