Negotiating end-of-life decision making: A comparison of Japanese and U.S. residents' approaches

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 617-621

  Gabbay, Baback B ^a   Matsumura, Shinji ^b   Etzioni, Shiri ^c   Asch, Steven M ^c,d   Rosenfeld, Kenneth E ^c,d   Shiojiri, Toshiaki ^e   Balingit, Peter P ^f   Lorenz, Karl A ^c,d  

^a Veteran's Integrated Palliative Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ASAHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; FAMILY; GUILT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STOMACH CANCER; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21844444524     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200507000-00003     Document Type: Article

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