Intentionally hastening death by withholding or withdrawing treatment

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 118, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 322-326

  Bosshard, Georg ^a   Fischer, Susanne ^b   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^c   Miccinesi, Guido ^d   Faisst, Karin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Double effect; Euthanasia; Medical ethics; Questionnaires; Withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DENMARK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; EUROPE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

CRITICAL CARE; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPE; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSAL TO TREAT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33746377308     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-006-0583-4     Document Type: Article

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