The value of an ethics history?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 262-266

  Das, Abhay K ^a   Mulley, Graham P ^b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FAMILY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HYDRATION; LIVING WILL; MAJOR SURGERY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE; ANAMNESIS; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 20644441108     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.98.6.262     Document Type: Review

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