Eye on religion: Understanding the cultural/religious mélange in treating Japanese patients

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1448-1449

  Visscher, Cindy ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLLUTION; RELIGION; SHORT SURVEY;

BUDDHISM; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; FAMILY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 33845946902     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000251469.80367.f5     Document Type: Short Survey

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