Islam and informed consent: Notes from doha

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 273-279

  Del Pozo, Pablo Rodríguez ^a   Fins, Joseph J ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; ISLAM; MIDDLE EAST; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46749130928     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S096318010808033X     Document Type: Article

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