Doctor-family-patient relationship: The Chinese paradigm of informed consent

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-178

  Cong, Yali ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Doctor family patient relationship (DFPR); Doctor patient relationship (DPR); Informed consent; Paternalism; Patriarchalism; Physician regarding limitations of disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FAMILY COUNSELING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PATERNALISM; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RELIGIOUS APPROACH;

ADULT; CHINA; CONFUCIANISM; CULTURE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FAMILY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 3042590026     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.29.2.149.31506     Document Type: Review

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