title: Communication across cultures.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Director, Palliative Care Services, VA Palo Alto HCS, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA. james.hallenbeck@med.va.gov
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hallenbeck
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001293:Attitude to Death / Q000208:ethnology; D003142:Communication; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D014195:Travel; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology