A Confucian Worldview and Family-Based Informed Consent: A Case of Concealing Illness from the Patient in China

Philosophy and Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 231-243

  Zhao, Wenqing ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 85139146378     PISSN: 03767418     EISSN: 22150080     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-12120-8_15     Document Type: Chapter

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