Our cultures, our selves: Toward an honest dialogue on race and end-of-life decisions

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 13-17

  Kuczewski, Mark G ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTEREMIA; BENEFICENCE; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BENEFICENCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ETHICS CONSULTATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; STEREOTYPING; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33749015465     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160600857189     Document Type: Note

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