title: The impact of culture on the patient-surgeon relationship.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioethics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ells
authors.forename: Donna A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Caniano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003469:Culture; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012998:Somalia / Q000208:ethnology; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014481:United States; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology