Palliative care in a multicultural society: A challenge for western ethics

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-100

  Chater, Keri ^a   Tsai, Chun Ting ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Culture; Ethics; Palliative care; Truth telling

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849119869     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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