Seven legal barriers to end-of-life care: Myths, realities, and grains of truth

JAMA

Volumn 284, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 2495-2501

  Meisel, Alan ^a   Snyder, Lois ^b   Quill, Timothy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^c Genesee Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0034669681     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.284.19.2495     Document Type: Article

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