Futile care in oncology: When to stop trying

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 759-764

  Tomlinson, Tom ^a   Michalski, Antony J ^b   Pentz, Rebecca D ^c   Kuuppelomäki, Merja ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Research and Clinical Ethics Consultant   (United States)

^d SEINÄJOKI UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035211221     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(01)00592-7     Document Type: Note

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