Quality of life and end-of-life decisionmaking

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 91-94

  Meisel, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life decisionmaking; Euthanasia; Quality of life; Right to die; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED VENTILATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW JERSEY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RIGHT TO DIE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038288722     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023594025701     Document Type: Conference Paper

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