Consent to medical treatment: The complex interplay of patients, families, and physicians

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-148

  Fan, Ruiping ^a   Tao, Julia ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FAMILY COUNSELING; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042588003     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.29.2.139.31505     Document Type: Review

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