Treatment decision-making at the end of life: A survey of Australian doctors' attitudes towards patients' wishes and euthanasia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 540-544

  Waddell, Charles ^a,b   Clarnette, Roger M ^a,c   Smith, Michael ^a,d   Oldham, Lynn ^a,e   Kellehear, Allan ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Osborne Park Hospital   (Australia)

^c Silver Chain   (Australia)

^d Cancer Foundation Cottage Hospice   (Australia)

^e TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

^f Department of Research Development ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPETENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUTHANASIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; SURGEON; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0029949646     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb138638.x     Document Type: Article

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