Allowing patients to die: Practical, ethical, and religious concerns

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3000-3002

  Kahn, Marc J ^a   Lazarus, Cathy J ^a   Owens, Donald P ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE;

ANALGESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CANCER PAIN; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY COUNSELING; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RELIGION; SACRUM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE; TIME OF DEATH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; RIGHT TO DIE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RELIGION; RIGHT TO DIE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041384423     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2003.01.005     Document Type: Article

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