Citation

Braun KL, Nichols R. Hawaii Med. J. 1996; 55(12): 260-264.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Hawaii Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9009454

Abstract

Although all of us experience death, not all of us think about death or respond to death the same way. This study begins to explore how cultural traditions, education, and tenure in Hawaii impact views of advanced directives, organ donation, suicide, and euthanasia. This information is useful to physicians who need to engage patients and families in discussions about death and end-of-life decision making.

Language: en

Keywords

Asian; Attitude to Death; Confucianism; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Death and Euthanasia; Empirical Approach; Euthanasia; Hawaii; Humans; Religion and Medicine; Sampling Studies; Suicide; Tissue Donors