Informed consent revisited: Japan and the U.S.

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-14

  Akabayashi, Akira ^a   Slingsby, Brian Taylor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decision making styles; Informed consent; Japan; Self construal

Indexed keywords

AGED; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVER TUMOR; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; JAPAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31544458311     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160500394549     Document Type: Review

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