Judging who should live: Schneiderman and Jecker on the duty not to treat

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 500-515

  Harper, William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical benefit; Medical futility; Patient autonomy; Qualitative futility; Quantitative futility

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONHOOD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

BENEFICENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONHOOD; REFUSAL TO TREAT; SOCIAL VALUES; TERMINAL CARE; VALUE OF LIFE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0032130063     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.23.5.500.2565     Document Type: Article

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