Medical futility decisions and physicians' legal defensiveness: The impact of anticipated conflict on thresholds for end-of-life treatment

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-132

  Swanson, Jeffrey W ^a   Van McCrary, S ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DEFENSIVENESS; FAMILY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030050773     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00082-8     Document Type: Article

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