Truth telling in medicine: The Confucian view

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-193

  Fan, Ruiping ^a   Li, Benfu ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Familism; Lying; Reconstructionist Confucianism; Truth telling

Indexed keywords

CHINESE; COMPETENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLITICS; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RELIGIOUS APPROACH;

CHINA; CONFUCIANISM; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 1642531491     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.29.2.179.31502     Document Type: Review

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