Informed consent in cross-cultural perspective: Clinical research in the Tibetan Autonomous Region, PRC

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 445-472

  Adams, Vincanne ^a   Miller, Suellen ^b   Craig, Sienna ^c   Sonam, ^d   Nyima, ^e   Droyoung, ^f   Le, Phuoc V ^g   Varner, Micheal ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Mentsikhang Traditional Tibetan Medicine and Astrology Hospital   (China)

^e Lhasa Municipal Hospital   (China)

^f Lhasa Maternity Child Health Hospital   (China)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LANGUAGE; NEWBORN; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIBETAN MEDICINE;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMED CONSENT; LANGUAGE; MEDICINE, TIBETAN TRADITIONAL; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIBET;

EID: 36549011400     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-007-9070-2     Document Type: Article

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