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Implementing the Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)
 — how to effectively engage Chinese-American elderly persons in the decision of advance directives
Author(s)Ling-Wai Fung
Journal titleJournal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 22, nos 1/2, 1994
Pagespp 161-174
Sourcehttp://www.tandfonline.com
KeywordsMedical care ; Rights [elderly] ; Law ; Chinese people ; United States of America.
AnnotationLooks at the problems of implementing the legislation, which gives patients a right to informed consent and a right to accept or reject medical treatment, with the Chinese-American population, who has a different set of values.
Accession NumberCPA-950110010 A
ClassmarkLK: IKR: VR: TKL: 7T

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