RT Article
T1 Informed Consent in a Multicultural Cancer Patient Population: implications for nursing practice
JF Nursing ethics
VO 5
IS 5
SP 412
OP 423
A1 Barnes, Donelle M
A1 Davis, Anne J
A1 Moran, Tracy
A1 Portillo, Carmen J
A1 Koenig, Barbara A
LA English
PB Sage
YR 1998
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1779437846
AB Obtaining informed consent, an ethical obligation of nurses and other health care providers, occurs routinely when patients make health care decisions. The values underlying informed consent (promotion of patients’ well-being and respect for their self-determination) are embedded in the dominant American culture. Nurses who apply the USA’s cultural values of informed consent when caring for patients who come from other cultures encounter some ethical dilemmas. This descriptive study, conducted with Latino, Chinese and Anglo-American cancer patients in a large, public, west-coast clinic, describes constraints on the informed consent process in a multicultural setting, including language barriers, the clinical environment, control in decision making, and conflicting desired health outcomes for health care providers and patients, and suggests some implications for nursing practice.
K1 Oncology
K1 Multicultural
K1 Nursing
K1 Informed Consent
DO 10.1177/096973309800500505