Research report a preliminary analysis of medical futility decisionmaking: Law and professional attitudes

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 497-508

  Wiener, Richard L ^a   Eton, David ^a   Gibbons, Vincent P ^a   Goldner, Jesse A ^b   Johnson, Sandra H ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032440336     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0798(199823)16:4<497::aid-bsl315>3.0.co;2-w     Document Type: Article

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