Personhood and autonomy in multicultural health care settings

Virtual Mentor

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 171-176

  Tsai, Daniel Fu Chang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85028068871     PISSN: 19377010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2008.10.3.msoc1-0803     Document Type: Review

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