Ethical issues in surgical palliative care: Am I killing the patient by "letting him go"?

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 273-286

  Pawlik, Timothy M ^a   Curley, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; MORPHINE;

ASSISTED SUICIDE; CHARACTER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG SAFETY; DYING; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; JUSTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 17044375418     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2004.11.006     Document Type: Review

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