Ethical principles in end-of-life decisions in different European countries

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 134, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 65-68

  Vincent, Jean Louis ^a,b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Religion; Withdrawing; Withholding

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; DYING; EUROPE; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; RELIGION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 1042290335     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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