Distinguishing between Patients' Refusals and Requests

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 13-15

  Gert, Bernard ^a   Bernat, James L ^a   Mogielnicki, R Peter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; KILLING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CHRONIC PATIENT; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTENTION; LEGAL OBLIGATIONS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MODEL LEGISLATION; MORAL POLICY; MORALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; AUTONOMY; CHRONICALLY ILL; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; INTENTION; KILLING; LEGAL OBLIGATIONS; MODEL LEGISLATION; MORAL POLICY; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0028470568     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: 1552146X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3562837     Document Type: Article

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1. Decisions Near the End of Life
2. The final quote in this paragraph is from The Hastings Center
3. Where Docs Draw the Line
4. Limits of Patient Autonomy: Physician Attitudes and Practices Regarding Life‐Sustaining Treatments and Euthanasia
5. Legal Myths about Terminating Life Support
6. Patient Refusal of Hydration and Nutrition: An Alternative to Physician‐Assisted Suicide or Voluntary Active Euthanasia