Ethical end-of-life decision making in nursing homes;Etiske avgjørelser ved livets slutt i sykehjem

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 124, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2926-2927

  Husebø, Bettina Sandgathe ^a   Husebø, Stein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIURETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DIURETIC THERAPY; DRUG USE; DYING; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING HOME; OXYGEN THERAPY; PANIC; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 14644403099     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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