Changing Attitudes and Practices in Forgoing Life-Sustaining Treatments

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 263, Issue 16, 1990, Pages 2211-2215

  Sprung, Charles L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DETERMINATION OF DEATH; JUDICIAL ACTION; MISCONDUCT; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; WEDGE ARGUMENT;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRAIN DEATH; EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; RIGHT TO DIE; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0025238466     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03440160073041     Document Type: Article

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