The practice of advance directives in the USA;Zur Praxis von Patientenverfugungen in den USA

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 139-144

  Zulicke F ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

advance directive; life sustaining treatment; paternalism; patient's autonomy; terminal conditions

Indexed keywords

EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; CUSTODY; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AUSTRIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LEGAL GUARDIANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LIVING WILLS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030975150     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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