Physician's reports on the impact of living wills at the end of life in Japan

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 248-252

  Masuda, Y ^a   Fetters, M D ^b   Hattori, A ^a   Mogi, N ^a   Naito, M ^a   Iguchi, A ^a   Uemura, K ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCUMENTATION; DYING; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; LAW; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RIGHT TO DIE; STATISTICS; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVING WILLS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RIGHT TO DIE; TERMINALLY ILL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042827799     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.29.4.248     Document Type: Article

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