The Messiha and Schiavo cases: Third-party ethical interventions in futile care disputes

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 261-263

  Faunce, Thomas A ^a   Stewart, Cameron ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONFLICT; COURT; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW SUIT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT CARE; POLITICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24344479577     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07033.x     Document Type: Article

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