Truth-telling in cancer: Examining the cultural incompatibility argument in Turkey

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-166

  Guven, Tolga ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Cultural differences; Cultural incompatibility; Paternalism; Truth telling; Truthful disclosure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PATERNALISM; PATIENT RIGHT; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATERNALISM; PATIENT RIGHTS; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; TURKEY;

EID: 77649257700     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733009352046     Document Type: Article

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