Ethical challenges in the care of patients with serious illness

Pain Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 121-130

  Lesage, Pauline ^a   Portenoy, Russell K ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced Disease; Clinical decision making; Ethics; Palliative care; Research; Sedation in terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JUSTICE; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; RESUSCITATION; SEDATION; TECHNOLOGY; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0034886802     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4637.2001.002002121.x     Document Type: Article

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