title: Living poorly or dying well: cultural decisions about life-supporting treatment for American and Japanese patients.
authors: Department of Sociology, John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio, USA.
authors: S O
authors: SO
authors: Long
mesh_terms: D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014481:United States