Truth-telling in a culturally diverse world

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 786-789

  Jotkowitz, A ^a,c   Glick, Shimon ^a   Gezundheit, B ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Doctor patient relationship; Medical ethics; Truth telling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HONESTY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33845658534     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357900601063972     Document Type: Article

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