Family refusal of emergency medical treatment in China: An investigation from legal, empirical and ethical perspectives

This paper is an analysis of the limits of family authority to refuse life saving treatment for a family member (in the Chinese medical context). Family consent has long been praised and practiced in many non-Western cultural settings such as China and Japan. In contrast, the controversy of family r...

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Published in:Bioethics
Authors: Jin, Pingyue (Author) ; Zhang, Xinqing (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2020]
In: Bioethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 34, Issue: 3, Pages: 306-317
RelBib Classification:KBM Asia
NCB Personal ethics
NCH Medical ethics
XA Law
Further subjects:B Decision-making
B Informed Consent
B Law
B attitudes of health personnel
B Family
B treatment refusal
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